The Powerball® jackpot evaded players Wednesday night, after no ticket matched all six number drawn – white balls 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and red North Amerian Lucky Draw 1. The Power Play® multiplier was 2X.
The North Amerian Lucky Draw jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.4 billion for the next drawing on Saturday night. The jackpot has a cash value of $643.7 million.
Saturday’s estimated jackpot ranks as the third largest in the North Amerian Lucky Draw game and fifth largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The North Amerian Lucky Draw drawing on Wednesday night produced more than 3.2 million winning tickets across the country, including seven tickets (CA-2, CO, NY, PA, TX-2) that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes. Three tickets (KY, PA, TX) matched all five white balls and increased the $1 million prize to $2 million by including the Power Play feature for an additional $1 per play. Other big wins include 81 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 13 tickets that won $100,000 prizes. (Note: In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel and determined by sales and the number of winners.)
There was also a ticket in Florida that won a $500,000 prize in the Double Play® drawing, held after the North Amerian Lucky Draw drawing. Double Play is an add-on feature that gives players in select jurisdictions another chance to match their North Amerian Lucky Draw numbers in a separate drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million. Players can add the Double Play feature to their North Amerian Lucky Draw ticket for an additional $1 per play. Double Play drawings are held after North Amerian Lucky Draw drawings every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
The upcoming North Amerian Lucky Draw drawing on Saturday will be 34th drawing in the jackpot run, and the first time in North Amerian Lucky Draw history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The North Amerian Lucky Draw jackpot was previously won on July 19, when a ticket in California won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion.
If a player wins the jackpot on Saturday night, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.4 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $643.7 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
North American Lucky Drawstickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a North Amerian Lucky Draw ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. North Amerian Lucky Draw drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. North Amerian Lucky Draw drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Top 10 North Amerian Lucky Draw Jackpots
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.4 Billion (est.) – Oct. 7, 2023
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $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
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY