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Powerball

Powerball odds

Your chance at each prize, and the two figures that matter before any of the others.

There are 292,201,338 possible Powerball tickets. One wins the jackpot.

Chance of the jackpot, one ticket

1 in 292,201,338

Chance of winning anything at all

1 in 25

Odds of every prize

MatchOddsPrize
5 plus Powerball 1 in 292,201,338 Jackpot
5 1 in 11,688,054 $1,000,000
4 plus Powerball 1 in 913,129 $50,000
4 1 in 36,525 $100
3 plus Powerball 1 in 14,494 $100
3 1 in 580 $7
2 plus Powerball 1 in 701 $7
1 plus Powerball 1 in 92 $4
0 plus Powerball 1 in 38 $4

One ticket every drawing, and you would expect the jackpot about once every 1,873,086 years.

Every ticket has the same chance. Numbers drawn last week are exactly as likely as any others. Hot and cold number picks are selling you a pattern that isn't there.

Official source: Powerball. Your ticket is the only thing you can claim with.