The profitable numbers for Powerball’s Wednesday evening drawing have been launched. And lottery gamers are checking their tickets.
Powerball’s estimated jackpot climbed to $439 million, with a money possibility of $237.3 million, for Wednesday’s drawing.
Nobody has gained the sport’s prime prize since Nov. 19, in accordance with Powerball – inflicting the jackpot to develop increased and better in current months. The percentages of profitable a Powerball jackpot stay extraordinarily slim, standing at about 1 in 292.2 million.
Wednesday evening’s drawing follows a number of historic lottery wins that the U.S. has seen in current months:
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Here is what else you could know.
Powerball profitable numbers: 1/18/23
The profitable numbers for Wednesday evening’s drawing are 6, 15, 22, 42, 47, and the Powerball is 26. The Energy Play was 3X.
How do I play Powerball?
To enter Powerball, gamers choose 5 numbers from one to 69 for the white balls, and one quantity from one to 26 for the crimson Powerball. You possibly can select numbers by yourself or let the lottery terminal randomly choose for you.
To win the jackpot, you could match the numbers for all 5 white balls and the crimson Powerball.
Other than the grand prize, relying on what number of balls are matched, there are eight further methods you’ll be able to win a Powerball prize throughout the sport’s non-jackpot tiers.
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Tempted by the jackpot? Right here is play Powerball.
Non-jackpot prizes begin at $4 and go as much as $1 million. For an additional $1, you’ll be able to decide into “Powerplay” – which multiplies non-jackpot profitable prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. The 10X Powerplay is just accessible when the jackpot is $150 million or much less, Powerball notes. The sport’s second-tier “Match 5” prize is capped at $2 million for the Powerplay.
An extra add-on characteristic referred to as “Double Play,” which provides gamers one other likelihood to match their numbers after every Powerball drawing, is accessible in some jurisdictions for $1 per play.
The place is Powerball performed?
Powerball will be performed in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are my possibilities of profitable Powerball?
Whereas many lottery gamers could also be tempted by the estimated $439 million jackpot, it is vital to notice that the chances of profitable Powerball’s grand prize are extremely slim.
- The percentages of profitable a Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292.2 million.
- The general odds of profitable a Powerball prize (throughout all tiers) are about 1 in 24.9.
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Largest lottery prizes in US historical past
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022: Received in California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016: Three winners in California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Oct. 23, 2018: Received in South Carolina.
- $1.348 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Jan. 13, 2023: Received in Maine
- $1.337 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, July 29, 2022: Received in Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Jan. 22, 2021: Received in Michigan.
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019: Received in Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017: Received in Massachusetts.
- $730 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021: Received in Maryland.
- $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021: Received in California.
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Contributing: Emily DeLetter, The Cincinnati EnquirerChris Sims, The Indianapolis Star.