$1 Billion Powerball Jackpot In Saturday’s Drawing Could Grow: How To Play In MA

Updated 11:15 a.m.

MASSACHUSETTS — Yes, the odds are against Bay State Powerball players claiming the estimated $950 million jackpot in Saturday’s drawing, but the grand prize is still generating a flurry of ticket sales, and that could exceed the $1 billion mark.

Saturday’s jackpot ranks as the game’s sixth-largest prize and the biggest advertised jackpot in more than a year.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning any prize are much better at 1 in 24.9.

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If you want to test your luck, Powerball vendors in Massachusetts are found on the Massachusetts State Lottery website. Tickets must be purchased by 9:50 p.m. to be considered in Saturday’s drawing at 10:59 p.m. EDT.

The jackpot climbed again after no player matched the winning numbers Wednesday: white balls 9, 12, 22, 41, 61 and red Powerball 25. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

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Six tickets won prizes worth $1 million or more in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, after matching all five white balls. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in Arizona, New York and Virginia. Three tickets in Mississippi, Ohio and Virginia increased their winnings to $2 million by including the Power Play option for $1 more.

Forty tickets won $50,000 prizes and 10 tickets won $200,000 prizes.

In the Double Play drawing, a ticket in South Dakota won a $500,000 prize after matching all five black balls. Double Play is a $1 add-on feature that allows players to play their Powerball numbers, again, in a separate drawing for a chance to win up to $10 million. Double Play drawings are live-streamed on Powerball.com after the main drawing.

Saturday's Powerball drawing will be the 39th drawing since the jackpot was last won in California on May 31, 2025.

Here are the top 10 Powerball jackpots in the history of the game:

1. $2.04 billion, Nov. 7, 2022 (California)
2. $1.765 billion, Oct. 11, 2023 (California)
3. $1.586 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
4. $1.326 billion, April 6, 2024 (Oregon)
5. $1.08 billion, July 19, 2023 (California)
6. $1 billion (estimated), Aug. 30, 2025
7. $842.4 million, Jan. 1 1, 2024 (Michigan)
8. $768.4 million, March 27, 2019 (Wisconsin)
9. $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (Massachusetts)
10. $754.6 million, Feb. 6, 2023 (Washington)

Powerball tickets without the add-ons are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Since its first drawing in 1992, the Powerball game has helped generate more than $36 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries.