Winning Powerball numbers for October 9, 2023: Jackpot reaches $1.73 billion — Second highest in history
The Powerball jackpot is left unclaimed once again after Monday night's drawing and has now hit the second-highest lottery jackpot in history.
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Monday night's drawing for $1.55 billion with an estimated cash value of $679.8 million came and went with still no winner, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $1.73 billion. Making it the second-largest jackpot in lottery history just behind the $2.04 billion ticket sold in California in November 2022.
The last Powerball jackpot winner was in July and hit for $1.08 billion.
Take a look at the winning numbers from Monday, Oct. 9, and when the next drawing is.
Powerball winning numbers Oct. 9, 2023
The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were 16, 34, 46, 55, 67, and the Powerball is 14. The Power Play was 3X.
Did anyone win Powerball last night, Monday, Oct. 9?
While no one matched all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot, some others walked away with some winnings.
More than 3.7 million winning tickets were sold across the country, including four tickets in California, Indiana, Oregon and Virginia that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes.
One ticket in Florida also matched all five numbers except for the Powerball and had Power Play added for $2 million.
While Powerball continues to roll, a jackpot for Mississippi Match 5 was hit in the Friday, Oct. 6, drawing, according to a press release from the Mississippi Lottery.
One Match 5 player matched all five numbers in the Friday drawing winning an estimated $517,000. The ticket was purchased from Toomsuba Texaco in Toomsuba, Miss. The winning numbers from that drawing were 11-24-25-29-31.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next drawing for the Powerball jackpot is Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 9:59 p.m. CT.
Drawings are held three times per week at approximately 9:59 p.m. CT every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
How much is the Powerball jackpot now?
The Powerball jackpot has now reached an estimated $1.73 billion. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $756.6 million.
Do you have to pay taxes on Powerball winnings?
Yes. Both the annuitized payment and lump sum payment are before taxes.
How to play Powerball
Want to play Powerball, but not quite sure how it works? Here are some things to know.
To play Powerball, you first select five white ball numbers. These five numbers will be between one and 69. Then, pick one "Powerball," or red ball, number. This number will be between one and 26.
For an extra dollar, you may choose to "power play," which multiplies all non-grand prize winnings by a factor of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10.
If you match at least one number in the Powerball drawing, you win a prize.
How long before Powerball reaches $2 billion?
There's no definitive math on when or if the jackpot will hit $2 billion, but after 35 rollovers with the current pot so far it's probably pretty close.
Based on the trajectory of last year's $2.04 billion lottery frenzy, there could be at least one, maybe two more before the jackpot hits that high.
How likely are you to win the Powerball or Mega Millions 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 overall odds of winning a Powerball prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Results for Top 10 Powerball lottery jackpots
Here are the all-time top 10 Powerball jackpots, according to powerball.com:
$2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
$1.73 billion — Oct. 9, 2023; TBA.
$1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
$1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California.
$768.4 million — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
$758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
$754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington.
$731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
$699.8 million — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
$687.8 million — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Powerball winning numbers: Did anyone win last night? Next drawing?
