The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing soars to 1,200,000,000

Without a big winner in the latest drawing, the Powerball multistate lottery game has carried over the jackpot to 1,200,000,000 for Wednesday night's drawing. The cash option stands at an estimated $551.7 million up for grab. No player matched all 6 numbers to win the 1,040,000,000 grand prize Monday. The next Powerball drawing will be at 10:59 PM Wednesday night. The winning numbers from Monday, October 2nd, 2023 drawing were 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and Powerball was 05.

Although the grand prize was not awarded Monday evening, Powerball had some big winners. There were 4 lucky tickets correctly matched all 5 numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the 2nd prize. The two ticket(s) in New York(1) and South Carolina(1) matched the first 5 lotto numbers with the Power Play for an incredible 2 million dollar cash win! This is part of the Powerball game feature that guarantees a certain multiplier on all match 5 white ball winners that also have the Power Play option pushing the prize to 2 million dollar cash. Two other lucky ticket(s) purchased in Delaware(1) and Michigan(1), each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!

Additional prizes won Monday evening included 70 tickets that matched 4 white numbers as well as the Powerball and won $10,000. 12 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash!

With nine prize tiers, there were 2,749,731 tickets nationwide won a total of $0 prizes in the Monday, October 2nd, 2023 drawing.

Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments in 29 years. Winners can choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

Mon Oct 02, 2023 Powerball Payout of U.S.
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 + Powerball	$1,040,000,000	0
5 of 5	$1,000,000	2 Delaware-1 Michigan-1
4 of 5 + Powerball	$50,000	70
4 of 5	$100	1,445
3 of 5 + Powerball	$100	3,937
3 of 5	$7	93,306
2 of 5 + Powerball	$7	80,927
1 of 5 + Powerball	$4	606,917
Powerball Only	$4	1,416,498

Mon Oct 02, 2023 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 with Power Play	$2,000,000	2 New York-1 South Carolina-1
4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$100,000	12
4 of 5 with Power Play	$200	356
3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$200	963
3 of 5 with Power Play	$14	22,928
2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$14	20,216
1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$8	151,095
Powerball Only with Power Play	$8	351,057

Mon Oct 02, 2023 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 + Powerball	$1,040,000,000	0
5 of 5	$1,483,209	0
4 of 5 + Powerball	$14,572	13
4 of 5	$345	274
3 of 5 + Powerball	$142	690
3 of 5	$7	15,650
2 of 5 + Powerball	$7	13,672
1 of 5 + Powerball	$4	98,815
Powerball Only	$4	229,892

Mon Oct 02, 2023 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners

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