No one hit the winning numbers on Wednesday, again.
Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers:
68, 31, 65, 59, 62 Powerball: 5
The jackpot remains the largest Powerball grand prize in more than year. Since Powerball's last billion-dollar jackpot was won in Oregon on April 6, 2024, the Powerball jackpot has been hit ELEVEN times. The winning Powerball grand prizes have all been under $600 million, until now!
Saturday's drawing will be the 35th drawing since the Powerball jackpot was last won in California on May 31, 2025.
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Watch Powerball drawings every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET right here
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket: California)
2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket: California)
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket: Florida)
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets: California, Florida and Tennessee)
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket: South Carolina)
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket: Maine)
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket: Illinois)
8. $1.269 billion, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2025 (one ticket: California_
9.$1.128 billion Mega Millions, March 26, 2024 (one ticket, from New Jersey)
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10. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July, 19, 2023 (one ticket: California)
WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.
Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.
Sources: AP archives, www.megamillions.com and www.powerball.com
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