The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday night’s drawing, the fifth largest in game history and the seventh highest among all lottery jackpots in the U.S.

The cash option for tonight's drawing is worth an estimated $572.1 million. The current jackpot is the sixth largest in the game's history.

After no ticket matched the winning numbers drawn in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.5 billion — the seventh largest jackpot in the history of Mega Millions and Powerball, with eight of the top 10 jackpots occurring since 2022.

Two Powerball tickets worth $200,000 and eight worth $50,000 were sold in New Jersey for Wednesday’s lottery drawing as the jackpot jumps to $1.5 billion without a big winner. One of the $200,000 tickets was sold at QuickChek on West Main Street in Rockaway, Morris County.

The Powerball jackpot has surged to an eye-popping $1.25 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday and Monday night’s drawing, leaving the massive prize up for grabs. The winning numbers for the Dec. 15 drawing were 23, 35,59,63,68 and the Powerball number was 2, but no one claimed the top prize.

But even if you’re not a big lottery winner in Monday’s Powerball drawing, it’s still worth heeding this advice for managing a significant sum of money