The Powerball jackpot for 09/18/19 is $70 million. The Wednesday night drawing has been held, and here are the results.
- First Five: 14-19-39-47-51
- Powerball: 15
- Power Play: 3x
The 09/18/19 jackpot was estimated at $70 million, with a cash option of $47.6 million. The jackpot could increase if sales further lottery projections, according to officials.
Someone purchased a ticket in New York to win jackpot of $80 million a two weeks ago, which reset the game to its $40 million starting point.
Winning numbers from the 09/14/19 jackpot of $60 million on Saturday were: 11-27-31-36-67
Powerball: 11
Power Play: 2x
There was no grand prize ticket sold on Saturday, nor were there any tickets sold that matched all five white balls for the second prize of $1 million.
The odds of hitting the grand prize jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, regardless of the jackpot size — according to Powerball's website.
Powerball is a multi-state lottery played every Wednesday and Saturday, and one of America's two biggest lottery jackpot games. Powerball jackpots start at $40 million, and other prizes pay from $1 million to $2 million or more with a Megaplier. Tickets are $2. You can check the numbers for tonight, or any past winning numbers, on the official Powerball website.
The other multi-state lottery is Mega Millions, which is played on Tuesdays and Fridays. Like Powerball, the jackpot is reset at $40 million after a jackpot is won, and one line of numbers is $2, with a $1 option to multiply their winnings with a Megaplier. Here is the Mega Millions website for more information, or to check any potential past numbers.
There are nine ways to win money during the Powerball. Just getting the powerball with no other numbers pays out $4, and even more if the power play is bought for an extra dollar. The same payout goes for one ball plus the powerball, and $7 is the payout for two correct numbers with the powerball, or three correct numbers and no powerball.
If all five white, numbered balls are chosen but the red powerball is not correct, then the payout is $1 million, with an even higher payout if the power play is chosen.
Here are the all-time top Powerball jackpot prizes
1. $1.586 billion (01/13/2016)
Winning tickets sold in California, Florida and Tennessee
2. $768.4 million (03/27/2019)
Single ticket sold in Wisconsin
3. $758.7 million (08/23/2017)
Single ticket sold in Massachusetts
4. $687.8 million (10/27/2018)
Two winning tickets were drawn, one sold in Iowa and one sold in New York.
5. $590.5 million (05/18/2013)
Single ticket sold in Florida
6. $587.5 million (11/28/2012)
Two winning tickets were drawn, one sold in Missouri and one sold in Arizona.
7. $564.1 million (02/11/2015)
Winning tickets sold in Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico
