the day of the drawing at retailers throughout the state. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
If someone wins Wednesday night’s drawing, they will have to choose between an annuitized prize worth around $1.2 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $551.7 million. There have been 32 drawings since then without a jackpot winner. The Powerball jackpot was last won on July 19 in California, when a single ticket won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion. This is the first time in Powerball history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have created billion dollar grand prizes. Here are the winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Oct.
