(AsiaGameHub) –   The Powerball jackpot went unclaimed after Saturday’s draw and has continued to climb as tonight’s drawing draws near. With just a few hours left before the winning numbers are selected, participants are waiting anxiously to see if any of them will take home the $45 million jackpot.

Powerball Jackpot Unclaimed After Saturday Drawing, Ticket Holder Wins $2.2M Prize

The Powerball jackpot has kept growing because no player managed to match all six winning numbers in the draw held on Saturday, April 11. This result is not particularly surprising, though, as the last jackpot was awarded just a small number of draws ago.

For context, the winning numbers for the April 11 draw were 6, 47, 49, 53, and 60, plus the red Powerball number 6. The Power Play multiplier for that draw was 2x.

Had any player successfully matched all six winning numbers, they would have received a $36 million windfall ($16.4 million if they opted for the one-time lump sum payment option). While that outcome did not come to pass, one ticket holder from California came very close, matching all five white numbers and only missing the Powerball. As a result, they qualified for the Match 5 prize of $1 million. However, under the California Lottery’s pari-mutuel regulations, the winner will take home $2.2 million instead.

Meanwhile, a total of fifteen players matched four white numbers plus the Powerball, with nine of these winners earning $50,000 each. The remaining six will take home $100,000 apiece, thanks to the Power Play feature they activated on their tickets.

Since Powerball’s top prize was not claimed in the last draw, it has now reached $45 million for tonight’s drawing. The lump sum cash value of the current jackpot is estimated at $20.5 million.

Delaware Ticket Holder Claimed the Most Recent Top Jackpot

The previous Powerball jackpot was won just a few draws back, when a lucky player in Delaware matched all six winning numbers to take home a life-changing $231 million prize. Additionally, that same series of draws awarded a $2 million prize on March 5 to a Texas resident who had the Power Play feature active.

In other lottery news, the Nary Lim Living Trust of Lowell recently won an impressive $4 million top prize from one of the Massachusetts Lottery’s scratch-off games. What makes this win notable is that it was the last remaining top prize for the $4,000,000 Gold 50X game. The win became even more noteworthy when a representative for the winning trust chose the annuity payment option instead of the lump sum payout.