Powerball drawing for Saturday, April 6, 2024, delayed for 'pre-draw procedures'

Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press
Updated ·1 min read
A look at the Top 10 Powerball jackpots of all time. A ticket in Oregon matched the numbers drawn April 6 to win the fourth largest game in Powerball history and eighth largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.

The Powerball drawing for Saturday, April 6, 2024, was been delayed for 3.5 hours, according to the Powerball website. The winning numbers were drawn at 2:29 a.m. Sunday morning.

One participating lottery needs additional time to complete required pre-draw procedures, according to a news release.

"Powerball game rules require that every single ticket sold nationwide be checked and verified against two different computer systems before the winning numbers are drawn," according to the release. "This is done to ensure that every ticket sold for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equal chance to win. Tonight, we have one jurisdiction that needs extra time to complete that pre-draw process."

Drawings are usually held at 10:59 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

The jackpot for Saturday's drawing was an estimated at $1.3 billion ($608.9 million cash value.) It's the fourth largest jackpot in the game's history.

Powerball also experienced a drawing delay for security protocols in 2022. The drawing for Nov. 7, 2022, finally took place nine hours after the scheduled time. The jackpot for that drawing was a world record $2.04 billion.

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