After no grand prize winner from Wednesday’s drawing, the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday now sits at $1.3 billion with a cash value of $608.9 million.
The grand prize ranks as the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot and ninth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, placing it one ranking below the $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot that was won in Neptune, New Jersey, last Tuesday, according to powerball.com.
Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is currently at $97 million with a cash value of $45 million after there was no grand prize winner during Friday’s drawing.
Ready to try your luck with Powerball? Here’s everything you need to know.
Powerball winning numbers 4/3/24
The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were 11-38-41-62-65 and the Powerball was 15. The Power Play was 3X.
Luckiest lottery state?Delaware is odds on favorite
Did anyone win Powerball drawing, Wednesday, April 3, 2024?
No one won the grand prize, but there was a total of nine Match 5 winners worth $1 million, including:
- California (2)
- Georgia
- Massachusetts (2)
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- South Carolina
- Washington
Mega Millions:Winning numbers for Friday, April 5, 2024. Did anyone win $67 million jackpot?
Powerball :Winning numbers for Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Did anyone win $1.09B jackpot?
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next drawing will be Saturday, April 6, at 10:59 p.m. ET.
What times does Powerball close?
In Delaware, tickets may be purchased until 9:45 p.m. ET on the day of the drawing.
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, you can purchase tickets until 9:59 p.m.
What days are the Powerball drawings? What time does Powerball go off?
Powerball drawings are held three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
How much are Powerball tickets?
The Powerball costs $2 per play.
In Pennsylvania, you can buy tickets online: www.pailottery.com/games/draw-games/.
Tickets can be bought online as well in New Jersey: njlotto.com.
To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
You can choose your lucky numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers.
To win, match one of the nine ways to win:
- 5 white balls + 1 red Powerball = Grand prize.
- 5 white balls = $1 million.
- 4 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $50,000.
- 4 white balls = $100.
- 3 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $100.
- 3 white balls = $7.
- 2 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $7.
- 1 white ball + 1 red Powerball = $4.
- 1 red Powerball = $4.
There’s a chance to have your winnings increased two, three, four, five and 10 times through the Power Play for an additional $1 per play. Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.
All prizes are set cash amounts, except for the grand prize. In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel, meaning it’s determined by the sales and the number of winners.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball?
The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338. The odds for the lowest prize, $4 for one red Powerball, are 1 in 38.32.
According to Powerball, the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87, based on a $2 play and rounded to two decimal places.
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- $1.3 billion – April 6, 2024
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $842 million – Jan. 1, 2024 – MI
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 – WA
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
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