The Powerball jackpot rose to an amazing, never before seen $1.5 BILLION DOLLARS (actual prize was about $1,568,000,000) for the January 13, 2016 drawing. This was more than double the largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen in any game in history!
The prize was split between three Powerball jackpot winners in Chino Hills, California; Munford, Tennessee; and in Melbourne Beach, Florida. 26,110,643 additional players won prizes totaling more than $273.9 Million.