When is the next Powerball drawing?

After climbing a the world record is $1.6 billionmany buy in hopes of winning the next Powerball jackpot.

Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at exactly 9:59pm CT and can be viewed live online.

Here’s a handy countdown so you know how much longer you have to wait.

At the time of this writing, if someone won the $1.6 billion jackpot, they could receive their winnings as an annual payment over 30 years or in cash. valued at $782.4 million.

Saturday, Nov. 5 will be the 40th Powerball drawing since the last jackpot was won in the Aug. 3 drawing by a Pennsylvania player. That jackpot was $202 million.

If no one wins the top prize in this next drawing, he wins tie the game record for the number of consecutive draws without the main owner.