Draw times, prices, prize tiers and the real odds of every Powerball prize, calculated from the game's numbers and checked against official sources.
As of November 2026, Powerball is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time (ET). You pick 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and 1 Powerball from 1 to 26; a play costs $2 ($3 with Power Play). The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.
| Draw days and time | Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time (ET)source: powerball.com |
|---|---|
| Where the draw takes place | The draw takes place at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee, Florida.source: powerball.com |
| Numbers to pick | 5 numbers (1–69) + 1 Powerball (1–26)source: powerball.com |
| Price per play | $2. Power Play costs $1 more (in Idaho and Montana, Powerball is only sold with Power Play).source: powerball.com |
| Prize tiers | 9 tiers. Every prize except the jackpot is fixed, from $4 to $1,000,000.source: powerball.com |
| Jackpot | Currently starts at $20 million and rolls over until won.source: powerball.com |
| How the jackpot is paid | As an annuity of 30 payments over 29 years, or as a lower one-off cash value.source: powerball.com |
| Where you can play | 45 US states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and the United Kingdom since July 21, 2026source: powerball.com |
| Minimum age | Set by each state: 18 in most, 19 in Nebraska, 21 in Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi.source: powerball.com |
| Odds | Jackpot 1 in 292,201,338 · any prize 1 in 24.87source: powerball.com |
| Facts last checked | November 2, 2026 |
Every Powerball prize except the jackpot is a fixed amount. Power Play multiplies it.
| Match | Odds: 1 in | Prize | With Power Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 + PB | 292,201,338 | Jackpot | — |
| 5 | 11,688,054 | $1,000,000 | $2,000,000 (always) |
| 4 + PB | 913,129 | $50,000 | $100,000 – $500,000 |
| 4 | 36,525 | $100 | $200 – $1,000 |
| 3 + PB | 14,494 | $100 | $200 – $1,000 |
| 3 | 579.76 | $7 | $14 – $70 |
| 2 + PB | 701.33 | $7 | $14 – $70 |
| 1 + PB | 91.98 | $4 | $8 – $40 |
| PB | 38.32 | $4 | $8 – $40 |
PB = Powerball. Power Play multiplies every prize except the jackpot by 2, 3, 4 or 5, or by 10 when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less; with Power Play, matching 5 white balls always pays $2,000,000. In California, prize amounts are pari-mutuel (they depend on sales and on the number of winners).
There are 292,201,338 possible Powerball lines (C(69, 5) × 26 = 11,238,513 × 26). Exactly one of them wins the jackpot, so each line has a 1 in 292,201,338 chance.
Adding up the winning lines of all 9 prize tiers, the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.87.
Playing one line in every draw (157 draws a year), you would win the jackpot on average once every 1.9 million years.
No strategy changes these odds, including the filters on this site: every combination is equally likely in every draw. Our tools help you decide how to pick, not what will be drawn.
Draw times for the week of November 14, 2026. The US and Europe change their clocks on different dates, so for a few weeks each spring and autumn the gap moves by one hour.
| City | Local day and time |
|---|---|
| New York | Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday · 10:59 PM |
| London / Lisbon | Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday · 3:59 AM |
| Paris / Brussels / Madrid | Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday · 4:59 AM |
| Johannesburg | Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday · 5:59 AM |
Our statistics only count draws played with the current numbers, so a number that was added later is not ranked "cold" just for being younger. Powerball number statistics →
The biggest Powerball jackpot is $2.04 billion, won by a single ticket in California on November 7, 2022.source: powerball.com
Advertised Powerball jackpots are amounts before federal and state taxes. Each state sets its own deadline to claim a prize, between 90 days and one year after the draw.source: powerball.com
Powerball is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time (ET). The draw takes place at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee, Florida.
A play costs $2 ($3 with Power Play).
Just one: matching the Powerball alone wins $4 (odds 1 in 38.32). Without the Powerball you need at least 3 white balls.
It rolls over to the next draw and keeps growing until a ticket matches all 5 white balls and the Powerball.
Official Powerball tickets are sold only by the official lotteries where the game is played (45 US states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and the United Kingdom since July 21, 2026), in their shops or on their own websites. Bets on the result taken by bookmakers are not Powerball tickets.
1 in 292,201,338. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.87. No strategy changes these odds.
You must be 18 or over to play Powerball in most states (19 in Nebraska; 21 in Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi). Only spend what you can afford to lose. If gambling stops being fun, free and confidential help is available:
Every fact on this page comes from an official source (the game's own website, a national or state lottery, or a tax authority), checked on November 2, 2026. The odds are calculated from the game's numbers.
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