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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $515,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 09:40 PM
The Powerball game grand prize is on the move again. The grand prize for the Saturday, March 29th, 2025 drawing increases to $515,000,000 with the lump-sum cash payout at $$242.7 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, March 26th, 2025 were 05-20-29-39-53 with Power Ball number 06. Nobody won the Powerball grand prize in the past 29 draws since Monday, January 20th, 2025. The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in OR, matched all six numbers for a $331,000,000 top prize.
Even though the jackpot was not hit Wednesday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There were 3 tickets that matched the first 5 numbers and won the second prize. The three lucky ticket(s) sold in CA(1), DC(1) and NY(1), each won $1 million cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 12 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Powerball and won $10,000. 3 additional players not just matched 4+1, and also chose the Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 286 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 98 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! Additional prizes won Wednesday night included 807 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Powerball and won $100. 242 additional tickets at this prize level were also purchased with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash.
With 9 different prize levels, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 592,080 winning tickets across U.S. with a total amount of $0 prizes.
America's favorite Powerball is played in 42 states, D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball lottery uses a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to purchase the Power Play, which multiplies the original winnings but not jackpot. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize starts at $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments in 29 years. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Mar 26, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $484,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 3
CA-1
DC-1
NY-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 12 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 286 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 807 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 19,999 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 16,234 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 125,047 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 292,265 |
| Wed Mar 26, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $150,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 98 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 242 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 6,171 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 4,926 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 37,982 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 88,005 |
| Wed Mar 26, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $484,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 41 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 128 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 3,481 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 2,936 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 22,100 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 52,251 |
| Wed Mar 26, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Wed May 27, 2026
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