Powerball jackpot climbs to $672 million for Wednesday drawing

The Powerball jackpot continues to inch upward as no one bought a ticket with all of the numbers needed to claim the big prize in Monday night’s drawing.
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $672 million for the next drawing on Wednesday night, which can be seen on 21 News at 11. The jackpot has a cash value of $320.5 million.
The jackpot currently ranks as the tenth-largest prize in the Powerball game and the game’s third-largest prize this year– behind a $754.6 million Powerball jackpot won in Washington on February 6, and the whopping $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot won in California on July 19.
The Powerball jackpot rolled Monday night after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn – white balls 2, 21, 26, 40, 42 and red Powerball 9. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Top 10 Powerball Jackpots
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY
- $672 Million (est.) – Sept. 20, 2023