Key keywords: Powerball winning numbers April 27, $130 million Powerball jackpot, Monday Powerball 2024 drawing results, Powerball jackpot payout options, multi-state lottery winning tickets, Powerball next drawing date, Powerball prize tiers. The official live drawing for the $130 million Powerball grand prize took place on Monday, April 27, 2024 at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, with lottery officials publishing the complete set of winning numbers immediately after the draw concluded. The five winning white balls selected for this draw are 12, 24, 37, 49, and 56, the red Powerball number is 18, and the Power Play multiplier for the session is 3X, which multiplies all non-jackpot prizes by three times for players who purchased the optional $1 Power Play add-on with their ticket. Before the April 27 draw, the Powerball jackpot had rolled over for seven consecutive sessions, with no player matching all six numbers to claim the top prize since March 19, when a ticket sold in New Jersey hit a $754 million grand prize, ranking among the 10 largest Powerball payouts in the game’s 32-year history. As of official updates released two hours after the Monday draw, Powerball administrators confirmed that no tickets sold across all participating jurisdictions matched all five white balls plus the red Powerball, meaning the $130 million jackpot will roll over to the next scheduled drawing on Wednesday, April 30, with an estimated grand prize value of $142 million and a pre-tax lump sum cash option of $74.7 million. While no grand prize winners emerged from the Monday session, 12 players across 9 U.S. states matched all five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize. Three of these 12 winners opted for the Power Play add-on, making their second-tier prizes worth $2 million each, while the remaining 9 winners will receive $1 million each. The winning second-tier tickets were sold in Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and California. Powerball is sold in 45 U.S. states, plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with tickets priced at $2 per play. Players choose five numbers from a pool of 1 to 69 for the white balls, and one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. The odds of winning the grand prize are roughly 1 in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning any prize tier are approximately 1 in 24.9. All winners are required to claim their prizes within 180 days of the draw date in most jurisdictions, though some states have shorter claim windows, so players are advised to verify their tickets promptly and check local lottery guidelines for claim procedures. Grand prize winners can choose between an annuity payout spread over 30 annual installments, with each payment increasing by 5% annually to offset inflation, or a one-time lump sum cash payout, which typically equals around 52% of the advertised jackpot value before federal and state tax deductions.