Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.6 billion after no one claimed the winning ticket following Saturday's drawing.
There have been 45 consecutive drawings with no grand-prize winner.
The new jackpot is the fourth largest in the game's history, and the fifth biggest among all U.S. lottery jackpots, Powerball said.
Saturday's was the second consecutive drawing with a jackpot in excess of $1 billion that produced no winner.
The last Powerball winner claimed $1.787 billion in September. There have been 45 consecutive winnerless drawings since.
