Saturday’s (August 31) Powerball jackpot is estimated to be worth $69 million after not a single player matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s (August 28) $54 million drawing.
The results of Wednesday’s Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 5-33-47-50-64
POWER BALL: 20
POWER PLAY: 2x
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.comThe Powerball jackpot was reset after a player in California won the drawing for $44 million on August 19.
The Powerball drawing was previously reset after a player in Pennsylvania won the $214 million Powerball drawing on August 12, exactly one week before the last jackpot. The Powerball jackpot was previously reset after a player won the $139 million Powerball drawing on July 3.
A player in California matched all six numbers to win the $2.04 billion (US$997.6 million) jackpot on November 7, 2022, the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, according to the official Powerball website. Powerball has had jackpots over a billion dollars five times.
Mega Millions games have also surpassed the $1 billion mark six times, including the largest offering, a $1.603 billion jackpot won by a player in Florida on August 8. Both jackpots increase with each subsequent game until there is a jackpot-winning ticket that matches all six numbers drawn, which also includes the Mega Millions Gold Ball or Powerball in each corresponding game.