The Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.70 billion after no one matched all five numbers and the red ball on Wednesday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
The Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.7 billion after no one matched all five numbers and the red ball on Wednesday.
Saturday’s Powerball is the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, falling behind the Nov. 7, 2022, jackpot of $2.04 billion and $1.765 billion on Oct. 11, 2023.
The winner will receive the option of a lump sum payment estimated at $770.3 million or 29 payments that increase by 5% each year.
Wednesday winning numbers were white balls 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 and a red Powerball 22 with a Power Play multiplier of 2.
Although there were no jackpot winners, eleven tickets matched the $1 million prize and were sold in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Four tickets won the $2 million prize in Michigan, Oregon. Texas, and Wyoming.
Also, 117 tickets won $50,000 prizes and 36 won $100,000 prizes. In total, more than 6.3 million tickets won crash prizes in Wednesday night’s drawing.
Saturday’s drawing will be the 42nd since the last jackpot was won on May 31,2025.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
