Winning Powerball numbers Dec. 23, 2023: Jackpot up to $638 million
The Powerball jackpot grew up to $620 million, with a cash value of $312 million, for Saturday night's drawing after no winning ticket was sold on Wednesday.
Below are the winning numbers for Saturday, Dec. 23.
Powerball winning numbers for 12/23/23
The winning numbers for Saturday night's drawing were 9, 14, 17, 18 and 53. The Powerball was 6 and the Power Play was 3X. The jackpot was worth $620 million.
Did anyone win the Powerball last night, December 23, 2023?
No ticket was sold to win the jackpot prize, raising the value of Monday's drawing to a whopping $638 million with a cash value of $321.1 million.
A single winning ticket matching the five balls and the Power Play was sold in Nebraska worth $2 million. Single winning tickets matching the five balls were sold in Arizona and Missouri worth $1 million each.
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 Saturday, December 23, 2023
