Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million.
Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
After no grand prize winner from Wednesday’s drawing, the Powerball jackpot for Saturday now sits at $521 million with a cash value of $254.8 million.
Meanwhile, the Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday is up to $735 million with a cash value of $356.7 million after there was no grand prize winner from Friday’s drawing.
Ready to try your luck with Powerball? Here’s everything you need to know.
Mega Millions:
Winning Numbers for Friday, March 8 lottery drawing with $687 million jackpot
Powerball winning numbers 3/6/24
The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were 06-19-28-44-60 and the Powerball was 10.
The Power Play was 2X.
Did anyone win Powerball drawing, Wednesday, March 6, 2024?
There was no grand prize winner, so the jackpot rose to $521 million with a cash value of $249.6 million.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next drawing will be Saturday, March 9, at 10:59 p.m. ET.
In Delaware, tickets may be purchased until 9:45 p.m. ET on the day of the drawing.
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, you can purchase tickets until 9:59 p.m.
What days are the Powerball drawings? What time does Powerball go off?
Powerball drawings are held three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
Mega Millions:
Winning numbers for Tuesday, March 5 lottery drawing with jackpot at $650 million
Big winner:
Delaware Mega Millions ticket wins big after using Megaplier option
How much are Powerball tickets?
The Powerball costs $2 per play.
In Pennsylvania, you can buy tickets online: www.pailottery.com/games/draw-games/.
Tickets can be bought online as well in New Jersey: njlotto.com.
To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
You can choose your lucky numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers.
To win, match one of the nine ways to win:
- 5 white balls + 1 red Powerball = Grand prize.
- 5 white balls = $1 million.
- 4 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $50,000.
- 4 white balls = $100.
- 3 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $100.
- 3 white balls = $7.
- 2 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $7.
- 1 white ball + 1 red Powerball = $4.
- 1 red Powerball = $4.
There’s a chance to have your winnings increased two, three, four, five, and 10 times through the Power Play for an additional $1 per play.
Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.
All prizes are set cash amounts, except for the grand prize.
In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel, meaning it’s determined by the sales and the number of winners.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball?
The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
The odds for the lowest prize, $4 for one red Powerball, are 1 in 38.32.
According to Powerball, the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87, based on a $2 play and rounded to two decimal places.
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – CA
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $842 million – Jan. 1, 2024 – MI
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 – WA
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
