Saturday’s Powerball jackpot sits at a jaw-dropping $1.8 billion after no one won the prize in Wednesday night’s drawing. The Hearst Television Data team looked into Powerball jackpot winners and found that 22 states have had winners since the lottery changed its format in 2015.Powerball changed its format on Oct. 7, 2015, increasing the white ball pool from 59 to 69 and decreasing the red Powerball pool to 35 to 26. Powerball debuted its first drawing in 1992.Since the change, there have been a total of 48 jackpot winners, according to Powerball.California has had the most Powerball jackpot winners with a total of six. New York and Florida tie for second most, tie at five winners. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah were excluded from the analysis since these states do not sell Powerball tickets.Saturday’s jackpot is the second-largest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball. On top of being the state with the most winners over the past decade, California has also claimed some of the largest jackpots. Its winners took home the first, third and fourth biggest Powerball jackpots in U.S. history. The biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history was $2.04 billion, won on Nov. 7, 2022. The third highest was $1.765 billion.The most recent Powerball jackpot winner won $1.33 billion in Oregon last year, ranking as the fifth-highest jackpot.Powerball drawings are every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST. Use the tool below to see what the most frequently drawn numbers and combinations are since 2015, according to Powerball Statistics. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
WASHINGTON — Saturday’s Powerball jackpot sits at a jaw-dropping $1.8 billion after no one won the prize in Wednesday night’s drawing.
The Hearst Television Data team looked into Powerball jackpot winners and found that 22 states have had winners since the lottery changed its format in 2015.
Powerball changed its format on Oct. 7, 2015, increasing the white ball pool from 59 to 69 and decreasing the red Powerball pool to 35 to 26. Powerball debuted its first drawing in 1992.
Since the change, there have been a total of 48 jackpot winners, according to Powerball.
California has had the most Powerball jackpot winners with a total of six. New York and Florida tie for second most, tie at five winners.
Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah were excluded from the analysis since these states do not sell Powerball tickets.
Saturday’s jackpot is the second-largest in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball.
On top of being the state with the most winners over the past decade, California has also claimed some of the largest jackpots. Its winners took home the first, third and fourth biggest Powerball jackpots in U.S. history.
The biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history was $2.04 billion, won on Nov. 7, 2022. The third highest was $1.765 billion.
The most recent Powerball jackpot winner won $1.33 billion in Oregon last year, ranking as the fifth-highest jackpot.
Powerball drawings are every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST. Use the tool below to see what the most frequently drawn numbers and combinations are since 2015, according to Powerball Statistics.
