The Powerball jackpot continues to climb as there was no winner of the $240 million jackpot for the drawing held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
That means the next Powerball drawing on Saturday, January 11, 2025 will be worth $263 million with a cash option of $117.7 million.
- The Powerball numbers (white) for Wednesday, January 8, 2025: 1 – 20 – 36 – 38 – 43
- The red Powerball Power number: 24
- The Power Play number: 2X
Big winners include 1 ticket (Ohio) that matched all five white balls to win a $1 million prize. 1 ticket (Indiana) won a $2 million prize by matching all five white balls and including the Power Play option for an additional $1 per play.
9 winners appeared to receive $50,000, 1 ticket worth $100,000 and 1 ticket (California) won $67,275.
In total, more than 455,000 tickets won cash prizes totaling $5.26 million in Wednesday’s drawing.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Powerball combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Power Play” on Wed, Jan 8, 2025:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Power Play Winners | Power Play Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 240,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 1 | 1,000,000 USD | 1 | 2,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 10 | 50,000 USD | 1 | 100,000 USD |
| O O O O | 229 | 100 USD | 66 | 200 USD |
| O O O | O | 541 | 100 USD | 157 | 200 USD |
| O O O | 14,542 | 7 USD | 4,617 | 14 USD |
| O O | O | 11,855 | 7 USD | 3,799 | 14 USD |
| O | O | 92,748 | 4 USD | 31,031 | 8 USD |
| | O | 221,174 | 4 USD | 74,223 | 8 USD |
Powerball is held in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
For people living outside the US, they can play to win via Lottery Messenger Services like TheLotter. A $5 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance at joining the hall of Powerball jackpot champions.
The drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Eastern, Mondays and Wednesdays and Saturdays. The deadline to purchase tickets is 9:45 p.m.
The drawings of Powerball still keep rolling, and the Powerball lottery is up to $263 million (Saturday, January 11, 2025). Who will get the lucky’s god favour?
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