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So you’re saying there’s a chance.

The odds of scoring the current $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot are astronomically small — but not zero.

Players hoping to win the jackpot face stiff odds of just 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.

But the odds of winning any prize at all are much more attainable at about 1 in 24.9.


  The odds of scoring the Powerball jackpot are astronomically small, but people took home big prizes on Saturday. Paul Martinka The odds of scoring the Powerball jackpot are astronomically small, but people took home big prizes on Saturday. Paul Martinka

Lesser prizes run the gamut from $2 million down to $4, though the odds become considerably stiffer once single digits are left behind.

Players face a 1 in 38.32 chance of winning $4 — compared to a 1 in 11.6 million of taking home $1 million, and 1 in over 900,000 of winning $50,000.

Grand prize winners must match five white numbers and the red Powerball. Five matched numbers without a Powerball brings home $1 million. And hitting just the Powerball will fetch $4.

Though enormous, the current $1.1 billion grand prize is just the sixth largest in history.

The prize reached a record-high $2.04 billion in November 2022, which Californian Edwin Castro took home.

And in September 2025, the prize reached its second highest ever at $1.7 billion. Players in Missouri and Texas both hit and split the jackpot.


  The current Powerball jackpot is enormous at $1.1 billion, but still just the sixth largest ever. Brigitte Stelzer The current Powerball jackpot is enormous at $1.1 billion, but still just the sixth largest ever. Brigitte Stelzer

The current prize climbed past $1 billion Saturday after a drawing yielded no winners.

But not everybody missed the narrow odds Saturday.

Two players in Pennsylvania and Saturday matched five numbers and scored $2 million each.

And five more people across New Jersey, Michigan, Florida, Virginia and California won $1 million.

The next drawing is Monday night.

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