No one hit Wednesday’s $31 million jackpot. The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $46 million, with a cash option valued at $20.5 million.
The winning numbers were: 5, 6, 27, 40 and 49. The Powerball drawn was 5 with a Power Play of 2X.
Although nobody won the $31 million Powerball jackpot in the lottery drawing for Wednesday, January 22, 2025, there were still plenty of people who won smaller prize amounts.
There were also 4 tickets nationwide that won $50,000 prizes, and 2 tickets worth $8,820 (California).
More than 297,600 tickets won cash prizes totaling $1.53 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 22, 2025:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Power Play Winners | Power Play Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 31,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 0 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 2,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 6 | 50,000 USD | 0 | 100,000 USD |
| O O O O | 127 | 100 USD | 48 | 200 USD |
| O O O | O | 368 | 100 USD | 157 | 200 USD |
| O O O | 9,407 | 7 USD | 3,614 | 14 USD |
| O O | O | 8,022 | 7 USD | 3,137 | 14 USD |
| O | O | 60,749 | 4 USD | 24,012 | 8 USD |
| | O | 135,840 | 4 USD | 52,157 | 8 USD |
Powerball is offered in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Players select five white numbers from (1 to 69) and one red ball (1 to 26).
To win the Powerball jackpot a player must match all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338, which doesn’t change even if more players buy tickets when the jackpot is enormous.
You have a better chance of winning the Powerball jackpot if you let the computer select your numbers, according to lottery officials. About 75 percent of winning tickets over the years had numbers picked by a computer.
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The next Powerball drawing will be Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11 p.m. ET. Have you purchased your ticket yet?
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