Powerball continues climb to $596 million after Wednesday. Here's when you can play next
Are we in store for another $1 billion Powerball this year?
Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot drawing sat at $550 million and once again no winning ticket was sold. If someone had won Wednesday's drawing, they would have had the cash option of more than $266 million. The jackpot is estimated to hit $596 million before Saturday night's drawing, according to Powerball.
The last Powerball jackpot winner in July walked away with $1.08 billion. It marked the third lottery jackpot (Powerball and Mega Millions) to have exceeded $1 billion in 2023.
As no winning tickets have come since July, you have to wonder if there will be a fourth $1 billion jackpot in the near future.
Check out Wednesday night's winning numbers and just how likely you are to hit the jackpot.
Commonly drawn numbers: Powerball numbers you need to know: These most commonly drawn numbers could help you win
What are the chances?: Could a $1 billion lottery jackpot happen again? Chances of winning, highest winners, more
What are the winning Powerball numbers for Sept. 13, 2023?
The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were 22, 30, 37, 44, 45, and the Powerball was 18. The Power Play was 3X.
Did anyone win the Powerball last night?
No one had the winning jackpot ticket, but there were some lucky winners. A $2 million winning ticket was sold in South Carolina and a $1 million ticket was sold out of Missouri.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next drawing is Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11 p.m. ET.
When was the last Powerball jackpot winner?
The last jackpot win was in July for $1.08 billion in California. That jackpot was the third-largest Powerball jackpot ever won.
There have been 23 consecutive drawings since then without a jackpot winner, according to Powerball.
Do you have to pay taxes on Powerball winnings?
Both the annuitized payment and lump sum payment are before taxes.
How many $1 billion lottery jackpots has there been in 2023?
This year has seen three lottery jackpots reach more than $1 billion. The first came in January with a $1.34 billion Mega Millions winner in Maine. Next, a $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot in July. The latest was a $1.63 billion Mega Million jackpot in August. All three have made it to the top 10 highest lottery jackpots in history.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot?
The lotto numbers start to rise and you dream of what you could do with all the winnings, but the chances of winning big are pretty slim.
Lottery games are mostly only lucrative for the private companies that states hire to run them, said Lew Lefton, a faculty member with the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics, in a USA Today article. In fact, winning big in Mega Millions and Powerball is even harder now because recent rules make the odds even longer so lottery games can sell more tickets, he added.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — are around 1 in 292.2 million.
Top 10 lottery jackpot wins in history
$2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket from California)
$1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets from California, Florida and Tennessee)
$1.58 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket from Florida)
$1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket from South Carolina)
$1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket from Maine)
$1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket from Illinois)
$1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one ticket from California)
$1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket from Michigan)
$768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket from Wisconsin)
$758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket from Massachusetts)
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Powerball winning numbers, odds and when's the next drawing
