No tickets matched the Powerball winning numbers Wednesday night, sending the lottery’s estimated Saturday jackpot to $200 million.
Wednesday’s winning numbers were 6, 12, 28, 35, and 66, and red Powerball 26, the Power Play option was 3X.
No one matched all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot, but 2 tickets matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million.
There were also 8 tickets nationwide that won $50,000 prizes, 3 third prizes of $150,000 with Power Play 3X.
More than 438,400 tickets won cash prizes totaling $4.76 million in Wednesday’s drawing.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Powerball combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Power Play” on Wed, Jan 1, 2025:
Match | Winners | Prize | PowerPlay Winners | PowerPlay Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
O O O O O | O | 0 | 178,000,000 USD | X | X |
O O O O O | 2 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 2,000,000 USD |
O O O O | O | 8 | 50,000 USD | 3 | 150,000 USD |
O O O O | 225 | 100 USD | 89 | 300 USD |
O O O | O | 611 | 100 USD | 185 | 300 USD |
O O O | 15,859 | 7 USD | 5,237 | 21 USD |
O O | O | 12,336 | 7 USD | 3,951 | 21 USD |
O | O | 91,279 | 4 USD | 29,780 | 12 USD |
| O | 210,439 | 4 USD | 68,375 | 12 USD |
Powerball is held in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
For people living outside the US, they can play to win via Lottery Courier Services like TheLotter. A $5 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance at joining the hall of Powerball jackpot champions.
The drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Eastern, Mondays and Wednesdays and Saturdays. The deadline to purchase tickets is 9:45 p.m.
The drawings of Powerball still keep rolling, and the Powerball lottery is up to $200 million (Saturday, January 4, 2025). Who will get the lucky’s god favour?
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