Powerball numbers: Seven big winning tickets Wednesday, but jackpot climbs to $750 million
Andrew Sharp
Now we have another jackpot with dreams of greatness.
When the winning Powerball numbers were drawn Wednesday night, nobody had them. That puts the new estimated jackpot at $750 million (cash value $428.6 million).
That might seem like a second-class jackpot after the recent Mega Millions bonanza of more than $1.5 billion. But this is the fourth-largest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.
The winning numbers were 03-21-45-53-56, Power Ball 22, Power Play 2X.
There were a few tickets that matched the white balls but not the Powerball, for a $1 million prize. Those were sold in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin, according to a news release from Powerball.
Odds of winning the Powerball are 1 in 292,201,338. By comparison, your chances of getting killed by an asteroid are 1 in 74,817,414. So you're telling us there's a chance?
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How to play Powerball:
Powerball tickets cost $2 each. Players try to match five numbers (the white balls) from 1 to 69 for a $1 million prize. If they also match the Power Play number, that's worth $2 million. Players also pick a number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball number. If they match all five plus the Powerball, they win the jackpot.
Prizes start at $4 for matching just the Powerball and go up from there with more matches. A Power Play match increases each prize.
Four white balls plus the Powerball, for example, will win $50,000, with that increasing to up to $500,000 with a 10X Power Play match.
Powerball drawing times are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m.
The cutoff time for buying tickets is 1-2 hours before the drawings, depending on location.
Source: Powerball
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