Powerball winning numbers Oct. 11, 2023: Jackpot at $1.765 billion with California winner
The Powerball's second-largest prize has been drawn. With the jackpot up to $1.765 billion, with a cash value of $774.1 million, a single ticket was sold for the prize.
That knocks the next Powerball drawing down to $20 million.
"Congratulations to the newest Powerball billionaire and the millions of Powerball players who won other cash prizes in last night’s drawing," Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair said on the lottery's website. "For 31 years, some players who have dreamed about winning a Powerball jackpot have defied the odds, and in doing so, have helped generate critical funding for public services and programs supported by U.S. lotteries."
Below are the numbers for the Wednesday, Oct. 11 lottery jackpot.
Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were 22, 24, 40, 52 and 64 the Powerball was 10. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Did anyone win the Powerball last night, 10/11/23?
Sorry lottery lover, a single ticket for the $1.765 billion jackpot was sold in California. Tickets worth $2 million each were sold in Arizona and Pennsylvania, matching the five numbers and the Power Play.
Tickets worth $1 million were sold in New York, Oklahoma and Virginia as well as two each in California and Florida. Those tickets matched the five numbers but not the Powerball or Power Play.
How many numbers in Powerball do you need to win a prize?
Technically you can win Powerball with just one number. If you hit on the Powerball number, you get a prize of $4.
If you get one ball correct, you have to also hit the Powerball to win $4. If you hit two balls and the Powerball, you win $7. You also get $7 for getting three numbers right without the Powerball. Add the Powerball onto that and you’d get $100.
You also win $100 for getting four numbers right.
Here’s where it gets fun. If you hit four numbers and the Powerball, you win $50,000. Hit all five numbers, and you win $1 million. You when the grand prize if you hit all five numbers and the Powerball.
When is the next drawing for Powerball?
Powerball drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
Powerball 2023 grand prize jackpot winners
The Powerball grand prize has been paid out five times in 2023, according to powerball.com:
$754.6 million — Feb. 6; Washington.
$162.6 million — Mar. 4; Virginia.
$252.6 million — April 19; Ohio (The winning ticket was sold in Summit County).
$1.08 billion — July 19; California.
$1.765 billion — Oct. 11; California.
Powerball winning ticket: Holder of $252.6 million ticket sold in Summit County claims prize anonymously
Results for Top 5 Powerball lottery jackpots
Here are the previous all-time top five Powerball jackpot wins, according to powerball.com:
$2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
$1.765 billion — Oct. 11, 2023; California.
$1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
$1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California.
$768.4 million — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, October 11, 2023
