LOTTERY
What are the winning numbers for Wednesday’s $546 million Powerball jackpot?
The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no winner was chosen during the last drawing, now over half a billion dollars at $546 million. Were you lucky?
When no players took home the jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing that topped half a billion dollars, anticipation is rising just as is the jackpot which no one has won yet. Now we, and everyone holding a ticket, look ahead to Wednesday’s draw and a jackpot prize worth $546 million.
Despite the burgeoning size, the current jackpot still has some way to go to reach the levels of the massive $754.6 million prize in the Powerball lottery won earlier this year, as well as the $2.04 billion jackpot won in November, the largest ever.
Powerball numbers for Wednesday, 5 July
The winning numbers for Wednesday’s draw are 17, 24, 48, 62, 68, and 23.
Powerball numbers for Monday, 3 July
The winning numbers for Monday are 15-26-31-38-61, with Powerball 3 and Power Play 3X.
What are the odds of winning Powerball?
As the sum of a jackpot 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 odds 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.