
The proprietor of a mini market in Los Angeles, California is smiling ear to ear after studying his retailer bought the successful $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot ticket. (FOX 11)
Powerball gamers throughout the nation are hoping to be the fortunate winner of Wednesday night time’s jackpot, the sport’s third largest of the 12 months.
The grand prize climbed to $550 million after no tickets matched the successful numbers throughout the Saturday and Monday drawings.
The successful numbers drawn Wednesday night time are as follows: 22, 30, 37, 44, 45 with a pink Powerball variety of 18. The Energy Play possibility was 3X.
If a participant’s ticket matches all six numbers, the winner can select to take an annuitized payout for the huge jackpot or a one-time money worth possibility of $266 million. There’s a 1 in 292.2 million probability of successful the grand prize, in keeping with the sport.
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The Powerball jackpot sits at $550 million for Wednesday’s night time drawing. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The largest Powerball jackpot of 2023 – and the third-largest within the sport’s historical past – was received in July by a fortunate participant in California, who snagged the $1.08 billion prize, the lottery stated.
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Behind that was a $754.6 million grand prize received by a participant in Washington in February, which is marked as the sport’s sixth-largest prize ever.

The successful numbers drawn Wednesday night time are as follows: 22, 30, 37, 44, 45 with a pink Powerball variety of 18. The Energy Play possibility was 3X. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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Contributors in fellow lottery Mega Hundreds of thousands have a chance to play for a $162 million grand prize on Friday night time.