What are the winning numbers for Wednesday’s $100 million Powerball jackpot?
The Powerball jackpot continues to grow, increasing to $100 million ahead of the drawing this evening. What are the numbers and chances of winning?
Earlier this month one lucky lottery player from Washington scooped a massive $754.6 million jackpot in the Powerball lottery. This was the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot of all time and the ninth-largest prize ever won in a United States lottery. But will it make them happy? Quite possibly, if they invest sensibly and remember that human relationships are always more important than money and the key to a fulfilling life is to be grateful for the simple things.
Anyway, after that monster payout the jackpot reset back to the more modest guaranteed $20 million to get the ball rolling again, but is already starting to increase nicely over the past two weeks. The Powerball draw for Wednesday, 20 February is worth a hefty $100 million, up $13 million after there were no winners on Monday.
Powerball numbers for Wednesday, 22 February
The winning numbers were 11, 19, 39, 44, 65, and the Powerball was 07. The Power Play 2X.
Powerball numbers for Monday, 20 February
The winning numbers were 03-17-26-38-54 and the Powerball number was 15. The Power Play was 3X.
What are the odds of winning Powerball?
As the sum grows, so does the number of players hoping to win. While the chances of winning huge cash prizes are always low, the lower the sum, the higher one’s chances of winning.
Millions played when a record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball prize - the largest in US lottery history - was up for grabs last year. The winner, who became an overnight billionaire, bought their ticket in California.
Powerball breaks down the odds for players, highlighting the unlikelihood that a player takes home the Grand Prize, calculating the probability as one in over 292 million. However, one’s odd increases significantly when selecting just one or two correct numbers. For guessing just one number correctly, the odds of winning increase to 1 in 38.32, which usually lands someone a whopping $4.
Here is the data in detail, provided by Powerball.
| Numbers Correct + Powerball | Cash Prize | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Five + Powerball | Grand Prize | 1 in 292,201,338 |
| Five | $1 million | 1 in 11,688,053.52 |
| Four + Powerball | $50,000 | 1 in 913,129.18 |
| Four | $100 | 1 in 36,525.17 |
| Three + Powerball | $100 | 1 in 14,494.11 |
| Three | $7 | 1 in 579.76 |
| Two + Powerball | $7 | 1 in 701.33 |
| One + Powerball | $4 | 1 in 91.98 |
| Powerball | $4 | 1 in 38.32 |
Rules of the game: Powerball
In Powerball, players must select five numbers between 1 and 69, and one additional “Powerball” number between 1 and 26. One does not need to get all six numbers to win some cash. However, the more numbers correctly guessed, the larger the prize becomes.
There are three drawings a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. The jackpot grows after each drawing if no winner takes home the grand prize.
What are Power Play and Double Play?
If players pay $1 extra for Power 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. Power Play isn’t applied to the jackpot, and the multiplier is never higher than two if you win the $1m second prize.
For an additional $1, a player’s numbers can also be entered into a second draw, known as Double Play, with a maximum jackpot of $10m.