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Powerball jackpot soars to $1 billion after no winning ticket is sold

The next drawing will be Wednesday at 11 p.m. ET.
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No tickets matched the Powerball winning numbers Monday night, sending the lottery's estimated Wednesday jackpot to $1 billion.

Monday’s winning numbers were 5, 8, 9, 17, and 41, and red Powerball 21, the Powerball site revealed.

Winners of $2 million each in the Match 5 plus Power Play bought tickets in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas. $1 million tickets in the Match 5 were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania.

Monday's winning Powerball numbers.
Monday's winning Powerball numbers.Multistate Lottery Inc.

The next drawing will be Wednesday at 11 p.m. ET. The cash payout is estimated at $516.8 million.

Monday's estimated $900 million ranked as the third-largest in the game's history. In second place is a 2016 jackpot of $1.586 billion. The biggest jackpot ever was $2.04 billion, which was won last year.

The most recent Powerball jackpot winner was an Ohio player, who scored a $252.6 million win in April.

Monday brings to 38 the number of consecutive drawings without a match.

Powerball is operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association.