Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
After no grand prize winner from Wednesday’s drawing, the Powerball jackpot for Saturday now sits at $521 million with a cash value of $254.8 million.
Meanwhile, the Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday is up to $735 million with a cash value of $356.7 million after there was no grand prize winner from Friday’s drawing.
Ready to try your luck with Powerball? Here’s everything you need to know.
Mega Millions: Winning Numbers for Friday, March 8 lottery drawing with $687 million jackpot
Powerball winning numbers 3/6/24
The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were 06-19-28-44-60 and the Powerball was 10. The Power Play was 2X.
Did anyone win Powerball drawing, Wednesday, March 6, 2024?
There was no grand prize winner, so the jackpot rose to $521 million with a cash value of $249.6 million.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next drawing will be Saturday, March 9, at 10:59 p.m. ET.
In Delaware, tickets may be purchased until 9:45 p.m. ET on the day of the drawing.
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, you can purchase tickets until 9:59 p.m.
What days are the Powerball drawings? What time does Powerball go off?
Powerball drawings are held three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
Mega Millions: Winning numbers for Tuesday, March 5 lottery drawing with jackpot at $650 million
Big winner: Delaware Mega Millions ticket wins big after using Megaplier option
How much are Powerball tickets?
The Powerball costs $2 per play.
In Pennsylvania, you can buy tickets online: www.pailottery.com/games/draw-games/.
Tickets can be bought online as well in New Jersey: njlotto.com.
To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.
You can choose your lucky numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers.
To win, match one of the nine ways to win:
- 5 white balls + 1 red Powerball = Grand prize.
- 5 white balls = $1 million.
- 4 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $50,000.
- 4 white balls = $100.
- 3 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $100.
- 3 white balls = $7.
- 2 white balls + 1 red Powerball = $7.
- 1 white ball + 1 red Powerball = $4.
- 1 red Powerball = $4.
There’s a chance to have your winnings increased two, three, four, five and 10 times through the Power Play for an additional $1 per play. Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.
All prizes are set cash amounts, except for the grand prize. In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel, meaning it’s determined by the sales and the number of winners.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball?
The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338. The odds for the lowest prize, $4 for one red Powerball, are 1 in 38.32.
According to Powerball, the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87, based on a $2 play and rounded to two decimal places.
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – CA
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $842 million – Jan. 1, 2024 – MI
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 – WA
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
