$2M Powerball Ticket Sold In Detroit As Jackpot Climbs To $1.7B

DETROIT — The estimated jackpot in Saturday’s Powerball drawing is $1.7 billion, though Michigan players are about as likely to win it as they are to be eaten by a shark.

Although no one hit the $1.4 billion jackpot, a $2 million Powerball ticket was sold in Detroit on Wednesday night, according to the game's website.

The ticket matched the five white balls drawn — 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69 — to win $1 million. The prize was doubled to $2 million thanks to the Power Play option.

The ticket was sold at Sunkiss Market, located at 13535 Puritan St. in Detroit.

This is the second Powerball winner in the Detroit area this week. On Monday, a lucky player won $1 million with a ticket bought at the CVS Pharmacy, located at 18585 East Warren Avenue in Grosse Pointe.

Powerball prizes must be claimed within one year from the date of the drawing, according to the Michigan Lottery.

The Powerball jackpot surged higher after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday night — white balls 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 and red Powerball 22. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Since no one hit the jackpot, the top prize is now $1.7 billion ($770.3 million cash value). It is the third-largest jackpot in the game's history.

Powerball vendors in Michigan are listed on Michigan Lottery website.

The next drawing is Saturday night. It will take place at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Tickets must be purchased by 9:45 p.m. that day to be considered, according to the Michigan Lottery.

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Your odds of winning

Now, about those odds: They’re terrible, at 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes becoming ever larger as they repeatedly roll over when no one wins.

The sportsbook Bookies.com compared the odds of winning the jackpot to other “real life” events. The odds of being eaten by a shark are 1 in 264 million, although the odds of being attacked are lower, at 1 in 15 million.

Here are five more comparisons:

• A perfect NCAA basketball tournament bracket: 1 in 20.1 billion
• Becoming the U.S. president: 1 in 32.6 million
• Being struck by lightning twice: 1 in 19 million
• Dying in a plane crash: 1 in 11 million
• Being attacked by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone: 1 in 2.7 million

Powerball officials note that the odds are far better — 1 in 24.9. — for the game’s many smaller prizes. More than 6.3 million tickets won a cash prize in Wednesday’s drawing.

Nationwide, 11 tickets matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes in Wednesday's drawing. California and Georgia each had two $1 million tickets, and Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania each had one $1 million ticket.

Four tickets sold in Michigan, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming matched all five white balls, but were worth $2 million because the players purchased the $1 PowerPlay option.

There were also 117 tickets that won $50,000 prizes (Match 4 + PB) and 36 tickets that won $100,000 prizes (Match 4 + PB + Power Play).

In total, more than 6.3 million tickets won cash prizes in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.

In the Double Play drawing, two tickets sold in Pennsylvania and Maine, each 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 held after each Powerball drawing.

Saturday’s drawing will be the 42nd since the Powerball jackpot was last won on May 31, 2025, in California. The current streak is the game record for the most consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. Previously, the record stood at 41 drawings, which occurred last on April 6, 2024, with a $1.326 billion jackpot won in Oregon.

Here are the top 10 Powerball jackpots:

1. $2.04 billion, Nov. 7, 2022 (California)
2. $1.765 billion, Oct. 11, 2023 (California)
3. $1.70 billion (estimated), Saturday, Sept. 6
4. $1.586 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
5. $1.326 billion, April 6, 2024 (Oregon)
6. $1.08 billion, July 19, 2023 (California)
7. $842.4 million, Jan. 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)