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Powerball winning numbers for Oct 2 2023 Jackpot climbs to
The Powerball jackpot is climbing higher after the October 2, 2023 drawing. Here's the winning numbers and when the next drawing is.

And here it grows again.

After another night of no winning Powerball ticket for the jackpot, it has ballooned to an estimated $1.20 billion after Monday night's drawing, according to powerball.com. The estimated cash value for a pot this size? $551.7 million.

This Powerball jackpot has now climbed to the third-highest jackpot in the game's history and ranks among the top 10 payouts in lottery history. This is also now the fourth lottery jackpot to hit more than $1 billion in 2023.

The last Powerball jackpot winner was in July and hit for $1.08 billion.

Here are the numbers for the Monday, Oct. 2, Powerball jackpot drawing that was an estimated $1.04 billion.

Powerball winning numbers for Oct. 2, 2023

The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were 12, 26, 27, 43, 47, and the Powerball is 5. The Power Play was 2X.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

The next drawing for the Powerball jackpot is Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 10:59 p.m. ET. It now sits at an estimated $1.20 billion with a cash option of $551.7 million.

Drawings are held three times per week at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

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Did anyone win Powerball last night 10/2/23?

No one matched all six numbers to claim the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot, but others walked away with a little something at least.

More than 2.7 million winning tickets across the country ended up with some kind of payout. There were also two tickets purchased in Delaware and Michigan that matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million. Another two tickets sold in New York and South Carolina won for $2 million.

How to play:How do you play Powerball? A beginner's guide to Powerball rules and potential prizes.

How often does the lottery hit $1 billion or more?

In the last five years, there have been eight jackpots between Mega Millions and Powerball that have gone over the $1 billion mark. And three of those happened in 2023.

The first came in January with a $1.53 billion Mega Millions winner. Next, a $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot in July. The latest was a $1.63 billion Mega Million jackpot in August.

The highest lottery jackpot came in November 2022 at $2.04 billion. It was the second jackpot over $1 billion that year. Before that the only other times a jackpot hit over a billion was in 2021, 2018 and 2016.

How to play Powerball

Want to play Powerball, but not quite sure how it works? Here are some things to know.

  • To play Powerball, you first select five white ball numbers. These five numbers will be between one and 69. Then, pick one "Powerball," or red ball, number. This number will be between one and 26.  
  • For an extra dollar, you may choose to "power play," which multiplies all non-grand prize winnings by a factor of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. 
  • If you match at least one number in the Powerball drawing, you win a prize.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot?

The overall odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The overall odds of winning a Powerball prize (across all tiers) are about 1 in 24.9.  

Powerball jackpot winners

Here is the list of 2023 Powerball jackpot wins from powerball.com:

  • $754.6 million — Feb. 6; Washington.
  • $162.6 million — Mar. 4; Virginia.
  • $252.6 million — April 19; Ohio.
  • $1.08 billion — July 19; California.
Results for Top 10 Powerball lottery jackpots

Here are the all-time top 10 Powerball jackpots, according to powerball.com:

  1. $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
  2. $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
  3. $1.20 billion — Oct. 4, 2023; TBA.
  4. $1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California.
  5. $768.4 million — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
  6. $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
  7. $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington.
  8. $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
  9. $699.8 million — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
  10. $687.8 million — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
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