The Powerball jackpot moved ever closer to $1 billion, as there were no grand prize winners in Wednesday’s drawing. The jackpot, the fourth-largest in Powerball’s history, rose to $925 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 1-7-46-47-63 and the Powerball was 7. The multiplier was 3X.
Jackpot climbs to $925 million
Update 11:59 p.m. EDT Sept. 27: For the 30th consecutive drawing, no one won the Powerball jackpot. Saturday’s drawing will be for an estimated $925 million.
If someone wins the big prize on Saturday, they will have two options: An annuity, in which the winner receives one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year; or the lump sum option. Choosing the second option will make the cash value amount approximately $432.4 million before taxes.
If nobody wins on Saturday, the jackpot could become the fourth in Powerball history to top $1 billion.
While no one took the big prize, solo tickets in California, Kansas, Maryland and New York matched five numbers, giving each of the recipients a $1 million payday.
Original report: In July, a $1.08 billion ticket was sold in California. That was the third-largest Powerball jackpot in the promotion’s history, lottery officials said.
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Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets, which cost $2 per play, are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.
Top 10 Powerball jackpots
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 (One ticket from California).
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 (Three tickets from California, Florida and Tennessee).
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023, drawing (One ticket from California).
- $925 million – Sept. 30, 2023 drawing.
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 (One ticket from Wisconsin).
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 (One ticket from Massachusetts).
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 (One ticket from Washington).
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 (One ticket from Maryland).
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 (One ticket from California).
- $687.8 million – Oct. 27, 2018 (Two tickets from Iowa and New York).
2023 Powerball jackpots won
- Feb. 6 — $754.6 million — Washington
- March 4 — $162.6 million — Virginia
- April 19 — $252.6 million — Ohio
- July 19 — $1.08 billion — California