Powerball Without any champs since July, the Powerball bonanza keeps on moving subsequent to obscuring $1 billion on Saturday.
Powerball The lottery big stake merits an expected $1.2 billion with a money worth of $551.7 million. The following drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4. It is presently the third-biggest award in the Powerball’s set of experiences.
The last Powerball bonanza to be guaranteed reached $1.08 billion, while the triumphant ticket was sold in Los Angeles on July 19, making it the fourth-biggest award in the lottery’s set of experiences.
This is what to be aware of the lottery.
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When is the next Powerball drawing?
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET, Powerbaall drawings are held, making them three times every week. Wednesday, October 4 is the drawing date.
What were the last Powerbaall winning numbers?
12, 26, 27, 43, and 47 were the winning numbers in the drawing held on Monday, October 2. The Power Play was 2X, and the red Powerbaall result was 5.
There were no jackpot winners, but there were Match 5 + Power Play $2 million and Match 5 $1 million wins in New York and South Carolina, respectively.
How to play Powerbaall
The Powerbaall costs $2 per play.
Pick five numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls, and then pick one from 1 to 26 for the red Powerbaall, to play.
On a play slip, you can write down your fortunate numbers, or you can let the lottery machine choose them at random.
To win, match one of the nine ways:
- 5 white balls + 1 red Powerbaall = Grand prize.
- 5 white balls = $1 million.
- 4 white balls + 1 red Powerbaall = $50,000.
- 4 white balls = $100.
- 3 white balls + 1 red Powerbaall = $100.
- 3 white balls = $7.
- 2 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $7.
- 1 white ball + 1 red Powerball = $4.
- 1 red Powerball = $4.
With the Power Play, you can multiply your wins by two, three, four, five, or ten times for an additional $1 each play. When the jackpot is $150 million or less, players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to ten times.
All prizes, with the exception of the top prize, are fixed cash sums. The number of winners and the volume of sales determine the prize payouts in California.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball?
A PB jackpot winner has a one in 292,201,338 chance of doing so. The lowest reward, $4 for one red PB, has a one in 38.32 chance of winning.
The odds of winning a prize overall, based on a $2 play and rounded to two decimal places, are one in 24.87, according to PB.
What is the largest Powerball jackpot ever?
Here are the five largest PB jackpots ever won:
- $2.04 billion from one winning ticket in California in November 2022
- $1.586 billion from three winning tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016
- $1.2 billion: Current lottery jackpot
- $1.08 billion from one winning ticket in California in July 2023
- $768.4 million from one winning ticket in Wisconsin in March 2019
Where can you buy lottery tickets?
Gas stations, convenience stores, and grocers all offer in-person ticket sales. There may be lottery ticket sales in some airport terminals.