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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $320,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 09:40 PM
The jackpot in America's favorite Powerball lottery is on the move. Since no one correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Powerball number in Wednesday's drawing, the jackpot will climb to an estimated $320,000,000! The cash value stands at a projected $$150.8 million. The numbers from Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 drawing were 24-28-40-63-65 with Power Ball 20. Nobody won the Powerball jackpot in the past 20 draws since Monday, January 20th, 2025. The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in OR, matched all six numbers for a $331,000,000 top prize.
While there was no grand prize winner Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. A total of 9 lucky winners won the third prize. 3 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash!
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 205 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 51 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! There were 460 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and also won $100. 163 additional players not only matched 3+1, but additionally purchased the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 prize tiers, the Wednesday night's drawing created 418,138 winning tickets across the nation with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend $1 extra to purchase the Power Play, which increases the original prizes but not jackpot. The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment payments in 29 years. Winners may choose one time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Mar 05, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $295,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 6 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 205 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 460 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 12,437 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 10,501 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 83,425 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 206,909 |
| Wed Mar 05, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $150,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 51 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 163 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 3,995 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 3,401 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 27,525 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 69,057 |
| Wed Mar 05, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $295,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 37 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 79 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 2,186 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,870 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 15,329 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 37,222 |
| Wed Mar 05, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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