Powerball jackpot increases to $700 million after no winner from Wednesday night's drawing
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Powerball jackpot has leaped, again, to an estimated $700 million for the next drawing on Saturday night.
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.
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)
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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