Overview
- Wednesday's drawing is scheduled for 10:59 p.m. ET, with tickets priced at $2 per play and an optional $1 Power Play that multiplies secondary prizes.
- The lump‑sum cash value is estimated at $781.3 million, while the annuity pays 30 increasing annual installments over 29 years.
- The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1 in 292,201,338, and the chance of winning any prize is about 1 in 24.9.
- The jackpot has rolled for 46 consecutive drawings without a winner; the previous draw on Dec. 22 produced 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 with Powerball 7.
- Powerball is sold in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with no sales in Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada or Utah, and prizes must be claimed in the jurisdiction of purchase.