What are the winning numbers for Saturday’s $1.30 billion Powerball jackpot?
The Powerball jackpot risen after another roll-over on Wednesday. With well over a billion dollars on the line, here’s everything you need to know about Saturday’s draw.
Whenever a lottery jackpot reaches nine figures it draws particular attention across the United States. In recent years these mammoth, billion-dollar top prizes have become increasingly common but that has not dulled the prospect of becoming a billionaire.
Once again, the Powerball lottery returned no winners on Wednesday. The billion-dollar jackpot rolls over again and it has risen to a staggering $1.3 billion for the draw on Saturday. This weekend we could see the eighth-largest jackpot in US history dished out to one lucky winner. We’ll have the results right here...
What were the winning numbers for Wednesday, 3 April?
The winning numbers for Wednesday, 3 April, are 11-38-41-62-65 with a Powerball of 15. The Power Play was x3.
What were the winning numbers for Saturday, 6 April?
The winning numbers for the delayed draw on Saturday, 6 April, are 44-27-52-22-69 with a 09 Powerball. The Power Play was 3x.
How can I play Powerball?
Powerball costs $2 per ticket, and is available in every US state except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. You can also take part in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
To play, you must choose five numbers between 1 and 69, and an additional ‘Powerball’ number between 1 and 26. To secure the jackpot, all six of your selected numbers must match those that are drawn. The top prize grows after each draw until it is won.
Jackpot winners can choose to receive their money in 30 instalments over 29 years (the annuity option), or as a lump sum (the cash option). If you opt to be paid up front, you get a lower amount, which is approximately half of the original jackpot. Winnings are pre-tax amounts.
Smaller prizes are also available if you correctly guess some, but not all, of the winning numbers.
All Powerball prizes (odds in brackets)
- Five numbers + Powerball: Jackpot (1 in 292,201,338)
- Five numbers: $1 million (1 in 11,688,053.52)
- Four numbers + Powerball: $50,000 (1 in 913,129.18)
- Four numbers: $100 (1 in 36,525.17)
- Three numbers + Powerball: $100 (1 in 14,494.11)
- Three numbers: $7 (1 in 579.76)
- Two numbers + Powerball: $7 (1 in 701.33)
- One number + Powerball $4 (1 in 91.98)
- Powerball: $4 (1 in 38.32)
When are Powerball draws?
There are three Powerball draws a week, held at 10:59 p.m. ET / 7:59 p.m. PT on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Powerball Double Play
If players pay $1 extra for Powerball Double Play, their winnings will be multiplied by two, three, four, five or ten, depending on the multiplier number picked out of the hat before the draw takes place.
The Double Play game is only available in 13 lottery jurisdictions: Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington DC.
Unlike the regular Powerball draw, which features a rolling jackpot that increase for every week without a winner, the Double Play top prize is set at a fixed amount. Every week a top cash prize of $10 million is on offer for players.