Is today your lucky day? The Powerball numbers have dropped for the Wednesday, January 17, 2024 lottery jackpot worth an estimated $102 million, with a cash option of $50.5 million.
The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing are 18, 22, 43, 61, 65, and the Powerball is 2. The Power Play was 4X.
There was no overall winner in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, however there was 1 Match 5 + Power Play winner of $2 million in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.
In addition, the Powerball lottery awarded 5 third prizes worth $50,000.
The total prize money for the awards reaches over $4.36 million.
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 17, 2024:
| Match | Winners | Prize | PowerPlay Winners | PowerPlay Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 102,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 0 | 1,000,000 USD | 1 | 2,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 5 | 50,000 USD | 0 | 200,000 USD |
| O O O O | 160 | 100 USD | 47 | 400 USD |
| O O O | O | 385 | 100 USD | 135 | 400 USD |
| O O O | 9,812 | 7 USD | 3,664 | 28 USD |
| O O | O | 8,332 | 7 USD | 3,061 | 28 USD |
| O | O | 67,703 | 4 USD | 24,910 | 16 USD |
| | O | 168,133 | 4 USD | 62,048 | 16 USD |
Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington D.C, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot are 292,201,338 to 1. Players have roughly a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to win at least $1 million.
To play Powerball, you pick six numbers: five numbers between one and 69 for the white balls; and one number between one and 26 for the red Powerball. Selecting all of them correctly gets you the jackpot. You can also pay for the Power Play option, which multiples any winnings earned by two, three, four, five or 10 times the amount, depending on which number is drawn.
How can you increase your odds? You can buy more than one ticket, though you’d have to have purchase 292,201,338 to account for all of the numerical possibilities, which would cost more than winning the jackpot. You have much better odds of winning a small prize:
Jackpot: Five matching numbers with the Powerball: 1 in 292,201,338
$1 million prize: Five matching numbers: 1 in 11,688,053.52
$50,000 prize: Four matching numbers with the Powerball: 1 in 913,129.18
$100 prize: Four matching numbers: 1 in 36,525.17
$100 prize: Three matching numbers with the Powerball: 1 in 14,494.11
$7 prize: Three matching numbers: 1 in 579.76
$7 prize: Two matching numbers with the Powerball: 1 in 701.33
$4 prize: One matching number with the Powerball: 1 in 91.98
$4 prize: Powerball only: 1 in 38.32
Players around the world can play US Powerball online outside the US via lottery messenger service sites with tickets cost $5 each. To avoid online scams be sure that the site you are using is legitimate. For a comparison of three online retailers already reviewed by InternationalLottery.org read here.
The next Powerball drawing will be on Saturday, January 20, 2024. The jackpot jumps to $120 million. Would you like to try your luck?
Please read more at HOW TO PLAY US POWERBALL FROM OUTSIDE THE US to be introduced step by step and avoid risks when you buy lotto tickets online.
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