It would have been a great way to start 2018!
It's time to check your tickets for the Powerball drawing from Saturday night, Dec. 30, otherwise known as the "New Year's Eve (eve)" drawing.
The jackpot was initially estimated at $384 million (or a $242.9 million cash value), the fourth time this year the prize value hit the $300 million mark. The actual estimate of the grand prize Saturday night ballooned to $390.1 million.
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night:
28-36-41-51-58 with a Powerball of 24
(and a Powerplay option of 2x).
No one matched all six numbers, sending the next Powerball drawing, on Wednesday night, to a whopping $440 million to start the new year.
No one matched the first five white balls, either, that would have been worth $1 million.
The $440 million prize ranks ninth all-time in Powerball jackpots.
The odds of claiming the grand prize (matching all five white balls, between 1 and 69, and the red Powerball, between 1 and 26, are 1 in 292,201,338.00.
More: Mega Millions rolls over to $343 million
Since Sept. 30, 2015, the most frequently selected red Powerball has been the No. 9 (15 times), while the least selected has been the No.14 (3 times).
According to the website, powerball.net, Indiana lays claim to 39 jackpot winners since the game began in 1992, totaling 10.7 percent of all jackpot winners.
Missouri is second with 31, while Florida lays claim to 12 jackpot winners, or 3.3 percent.
More: 'New Year's Eve' Powerball rolls over to $384 million; Mega Millions now climbs to $343M
In early 2016, Melbourne Beach's David Kaltschmidt, 55, and his wife, Maureen Smith, 70, claimed a share of the record-breaking $1.58 billion jackpot, accepting a lump-sum option of $327,835,077 before taxes.
How to blow your Powerball winnings in 8 easy steps. By Tim Walters, FLORIDA TODAY posted Jan. 12, 2016