Powerball winning numbers drawing yields no winner; lottery jackpot at $800M

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
Powerball lottery jackpot grows to $800M after no winners Wednesday
Nobody won Wednesday night's huge Powerball drawing.

The Powerball jackpot is now at $800 million for the next drawing after no ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing.



That makes it the second largest prize in the history of the game.



There have been no winner after 36 drawings straight. The next drawing is Saturday.



The winning numbers for Wednesday were: 19-36-37-46-56, Powerball 24 , Power Play: 2



MORE: What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions lottery jackpot?


While a surge in Mega Millions ticket sales means more possible number combinations are covered for the jackpot, your odds of winning remain the same.


Saturday's jackpot has a cash value of $383.7 million.



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The biggest all-time lottery jackpot was a $1.5863 billion Powerball prize in 2016.



SEE ALSO: Why does the Powerball jackpot get so high?



Powerball is played in 45 states. Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.


10 biggest Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots won in US lottery history



1. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)



2. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)



3. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)



4. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)



5. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)


Manuel Franco, of West Allis, Wisconsin, is the winner of the $768.4M Powerball jackpot.

6. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)



7. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)



8. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)



9. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)



10. $656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)

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