Powerball Winner: Did Anyone Win Saturday's $303 Million Jackpot?
By Jason Hall
October 6, 2024
Monday's (October 7) Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $315 million after zero players matched all six numbers during the $303 million drawing Saturday (October 5) night.
Results from Saturday's Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 2-12-46-52-65
POWERBALL: 3
POWER PLAY: 2x
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com. The Powerball jackpot reset after one player in California won the $44 million drawing on August 19.
The Powerball drawing previously reset after one player in Pennsylvania won the $214 million Powerball drawing on August 12, exactly one week prior to the latest jackpot. The Powerball jackpot had previously reset after one player won the $139 million Powerball drawing on July 3.
One player in California matched all six numbers to win the $2.04 billion ($997.6 million) jackpot on November 7, 2022, the largest jackpot offered in U.S. lottery history, according to the official Powerball website. Powerball has had jackpots exceeding $1 billion five times.
Mega Millions games have also exceeded $1 billion six times, which includes its largest offering, a $1.603 billion jackpot that was one by a player in Florida on August 8. Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a jackpot winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions Gold Ball or Powerball in each respective game.