The Powerball jackpot has risen to an astounding $1.7 billion for Saturday’s drawing. The prize money continues to grow after no one won Wednesday night’s drawing.Saturday’s jackpot is now the third-largest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.The prize has an estimated one-time cash payment of $770.3 million if the winner chooses not to take annual payments over 29 years, with a 5% increase each year.Saturday’s Powerball drawing now ties for the longest period a jackpot has gone without a winner, at 42 consecutive drawings.The last time the Powerball had 42 consecutive drawings was in 2022. The winner of that drawing won a grand total of $2.04 billion, the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.The most recent Powerball jackpot winner won $1.33 billion in Oregon last year, ranking as the fifth-highest jackpot. What are the odds of winning? The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. But to win the grand prize, players have to select five numbers between 1 and 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26. The odds of a player selecting all six numbers are 1 in 292.2 million.A player has a higher likelihood of scoring a hole-in-one than winning the Powerball jackpot. While the odds of winning the grand prize are slim, there are nine possible ways to win a prize. Powerball drawings are conducted every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST.What are the most frequently drawn numbers? Powerball changed its current format of 69 white balls and 26 red Powerballs on Oct. 7, 2015.The drawings are designed to be picked at random, but there have been some numbers that have been drawn more frequently than others.White ball numbers 61 and 21 were drawn around 9% of the time in the last 10 years, while red ball numbers 4 and 21 were drawn nearly 5% of the time.Here is a look at the most frequently drawn numbers and combinations since 2015, according to Powerball Statistics:PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
WASHINGTON — The Powerball jackpot has risen to an astounding $1.7 billion for Saturday’s drawing. The prize money continues to grow after no one won Wednesday night’s drawing.
Saturday’s jackpot is now the third-largest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.
The prize has an estimated one-time cash payment of $770.3 million if the winner chooses not to take annual payments over 29 years, with a 5% increase each year.
Saturday’s Powerball drawing now ties for the longest period a jackpot has gone without a winner, at 42 consecutive drawings.
The last time the Powerball had 42 consecutive drawings was in 2022. The winner of that drawing won a grand total of $2.04 billion, the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
The most recent Powerball jackpot winner won $1.33 billion in Oregon last year, ranking as the fifth-highest jackpot.
What are the odds of winning?
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. But to win the grand prize, players have to select five numbers between 1 and 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26. The odds of a player selecting all six numbers are 1 in 292.2 million.
A player has a higher likelihood of scoring a hole-in-one than winning the Powerball jackpot. While the odds of winning the grand prize are slim, there are nine possible ways to win a prize.
Powerball drawings are conducted every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST.
What are the most frequently drawn numbers?
Powerball changed its current format of 69 white balls and 26 red Powerballs on Oct. 7, 2015.
The drawings are designed to be picked at random, but there have been some numbers that have been drawn more frequently than others.
White ball numbers 61 and 21 were drawn around 9% of the time in the last 10 years, while red ball numbers 4 and 21 were drawn nearly 5% of the time.
Here is a look at the most frequently drawn numbers and combinations since 2015, according to :
