No jackpot winners for 39 straight drawings means Monday night’s Powerball prize has skyrocketed to $1.1 billion. Yes, you read that correctly. There hasn’t been a drawing with a grand prize winner since May 31, when a ticket worth $207 million was sold at a convenience store in Arleta. Maybe it’s you.

Ticket sales for Monday’s drawing end at 7 p.m., and the drawing will be conducted at 7:59 p.m. So don’t forget to go to your local (or not-so-local) convenience place to buy your ticket (or tickets).

Keep in mind the odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.

Buying tickets at a store where tickets with large jackpots have

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