Saturday’s Powerball Jackpot Swells To $1B: How To Play In VA

Yes, the odds are against Virginia Powerball players claiming the estimated $1 billion jackpot in Saturday’s drawing. The grand prize, which swelled from an earlier estimated $950 million, is generating a flurry of ticket sales.

The $1 billion jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million. 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 lower at 1 in 24.9.

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

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.

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.

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

Two of the $50,000 winning tickets were bought at retailers in Virginia: Royal Farms, 1221 Warrenton Road in Fredericksburg and Springfield Shell, 5533 Backlick Road in Springfield. An Alexandria resident, who played online at either valottery.com or the Virginia Lottery app, was also one of the $50,000 winners.

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.