An estimated $1.55 billion is up for grabs after no one matched Powerball’s six numbers for the giant prize Saturday.
The winning numbers are 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 and a red Powerball of 14. The Power Play is 3x.
The $1.55 billion prize is for a sole winner who is paid through an annuity, with annual checks over 30 years. Most jackpot winners opt for cash, which would be an estimated $679.8 million.
The jackpot is the fourth-largest U.S. lottery prize after rolling over for 34 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022. The largest U.S. jackpot ever was a $2.04 billion Powerball prize hit by a player in California in November 2022.
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The scarcity of Powerball jackpot winners reflects the game’s long odds of 1 in 292.2 million, which are designed to make winning rare so that grand prizes can grow huge.
Federal taxes eat into the winnings, and some states also tax big lottery prizes..
Powerball is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m. ET.
