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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $244,000,000
Updated: Thursday, October 9, 2025 01:36 AM
The Powerball lottery jackpot increased since no player hit all five white ball numbers plus the Powerball number from Wednesday night's $223,000,000 drawing. The next grand prize leaped to $244,000,000 for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option will be an estimated $$114.2 million up for grab. The winning numbers from Wednesday night, October 8th, 2025 were 08-10-44-48-54 with Power Ball 14. The Powerball grand prize has been growing for fourteen draws since Monday, September 8th, 2025.
While there was no grand prize winner Wednesday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There were a total of 15 3rd prize winners. There were 2 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!
Other prizes won Wednesday night included 198 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 59 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 524 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Powerball and won $100. 190 additional tickets at this prize level were also bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash.
With 9 prize tiers, the Wednesday night's drawing created 403,882 winning tickets across the nation with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play, which increases the original prizes except grand prize. The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments. Winners can choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Oct 08, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $223,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 198 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 524 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 13,380 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 10,987 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 83,907 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 192,552 |
| Wed Oct 08, 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 | $100,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 59 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 190 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 4,478 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 3,772 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 28,557 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 65,263 |
| Wed Oct 08, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $223,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 27 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 77 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 2,092 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,841 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 13,592 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 30,921 |
| Wed Oct 08, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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