What days are mega millions and powerball drawings

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by: Cris Belle

Posted: Sep 19, 2021 / 09:19 AM EDT

Updated: Sep 19, 2021 / 09:46 AM EDT

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A winning ticket still has yet to be claimed and so the jackpots are growing – for both the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery drawings.

Mega Millions drawings are held at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays and the jackpot is up to $432 million.

Friday’s winning numbers were: 17-32-40-59-61, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier: 3

Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, Powerball winning numbers are announced at 11 p.m. and the jackpot is up to $472 million.

Saturday’s winning numbers were: 5, 36, 39, 45, 57 and Powerball 11. The Power Play is 2x.

Winning numbers are available here and here after the drawings, and the drawings can be viewed on the official Powerball website.

Draw Date

Jackpot Winners

Match 5 + Power Play

$2 Million Winners

Match 5

$1 Million Winners

Next drawing

Estimated Jackpot

Cash Value:

• Winning Numbers
• Past Drawings

The Power of 9

9 ways to win!

There are 9 ways to win a prize in Powerball®.
All prizes are set cash amounts, except the Grand Prize.
In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel and determined by sales and the number of winners.

• Grand Prize
• $1 Million
• $50,000
• $100
• $100
• $7
• $7
• $4
• $4

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $100,000
• $200
• $200
• $14
• $14
• $8
• $8

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $150,000
• $300
• $300
• $21
• $21
• $12
• $12

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $200,000
• $400
• $400
• $28
• $28
• $16
• $16

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $250,000
• $500
• $500
• $35
• $35
• $20
• $20

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $500,000
• $1,000
• $1,000
• $70
• $70
• $40
• $40

Powerball Prizes

• Grand Prize
• $1 Million
• $50,000
• $100
• $100
• $7
• $7
• $4
• $4

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $100,000
• $200
• $200
• $14
• $14
• $8
• $8

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $150,000
• $300
• $300
• $21
• $21
• $12
• $12

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $200,000
• $400
• $400
• $28
• $28
• $16
• $16

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $250,000
• $500
• $500
• $35
• $35
• $20
• $20

• Grand Prize
• $2 Million
• $500,000
• $1,000
• $1,000
• $70
• $70
• $40
• $40

Powerball Odds

• Grand Prize
• $1 Million
• $50,000
• $100
• $100
• $7
• $7
• $4
• $4

• 1 in 292,201,338.00
• 1 in 11,688,053.52
• 1 in 913,129.18
• 1 in 36,525.17
• 1 in 14,494.11
• 1 in 579.76
• 1 in 701.33
• 1 in 91.98
• 1 in 38.32

Odds When 10X Multiplier is Available

• 10x
• 5x
• 4x
• 3x
• 2x

• Prize Won Times 10
• Prize Won Times 5
• Prize Won Times 4
• Prize Won Times 3
• Prize Won Times 2

• 1 in 43
• 1 in 21.5
• 1 in 14.33
• 1 in 3.31
• 1 in 1.79

Odds When 10X Multiplier is Not Available

• 5x
• 4x
• 3x
• 2x

• Prize Won Times 5
• Prize Won Times 4
• Prize Won Times 3
• Prize Won Times 2

• 1 in 21
• 1 in 14
• 1 in 3.23
• 1 in 1.75

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How

Powerball® costs $2 per play. In Idaho and Montana, Powerball is bundled with Power Play for a minimum purchase price of $3 per play. 

Select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls; then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.

Choose your numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers.

The Powerball jackpot grows until it is won.

Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 Ways to Win.

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Where

Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands!

Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. 

Sales cut-off times vary by one to two hours before the drawing, depending on the selling jurisdiction.

To find out where to watch the drawings, click here.

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Power Play

Ask for Power Play® with your Powerball purchase!

For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times!

The multiplier number is randomly selected just before each drawing. 

The 10X multiplier is only in play when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less. 

The Match 5 prize with Power Play is always $2 million.

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Multi-Draw

Play the same set of numbers in multiple drawings!

Select the number of consecutive drawings you want to play in the Multi-Draw or Advance Play section of your play slip or tell the retailer how many drawings you wish to play.

The number of Multi-Draws or Advance Plays available for purchase is dependent on the selling jurisdiction.

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A Powerball jackpot of $40 million may not seem like much, but ask yourself this – is $40 million really a small amount of money? Is the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. a small building?

If you were to stack $100 bills, take a look at the heights the money would reach at each estimated jackpot amount.

145 ft

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, DC

305 ft

Statue of Liberty

New York City

455 ft

Great Pyramid

Egypt

805 ft

Bloomberg Tower

New York City

1,063 ft

Eiffel Tower

Paris

1,776 ft

One World Trade Center

New York City

2,717 ft

Burj Khalifa

Dubai

3,458 ft

Willis Tower X2

Chicago

$40M $85M $125M $225M $300M $500M $750M $1 Billion

Use the slider to see the height of your dream jackpot.

Players Insights

Odds are you don’t know this…

Did you know your odds of winning a prize are the same in every Powerball drawing? 

You have a 1 in 24.9 chance of winning a prize when the advertised jackpot is $40 million.

You still have a 1 in 24.9 chance of winning a prize when the advertised jackpot is $1 billion.

Even if there are more tickets sold in a particular drawing, your odds of winning a prize are the same. 

Dollars & Sense

Value of the Annuity

Jackpot winners can either select their prize as an annuity or a lump-sum payment.

If the annuity option is selected, the winner is guaranteed to receive 30 graduated payments over 29 years.

The annual payments increase by 5% until the 30th and final payment.

The 30 payments added up equal the value of the annuity.