Powerball odds: every prize, exactly
A Powerball ticket wins the jackpot 1 in 292,201,338: five white balls from 1 to 69 and the red Powerball from 1 to 26. Some prize comes 1 in 24.9, and most of those are the smallest tier.
Odds of every prize
| You match | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| 5 numbers + Powerball | 1 in 292,201,338 | 0.000000% |
| 5 numbers, without Powerball | 1 in 11,688,054 | 0.000009% |
| 4 numbers + Powerball | 1 in 913,129 | 0.00011% |
| 4 numbers, without Powerball | 1 in 36,525 | 0.0027% |
| 3 numbers + Powerball | 1 in 14,494 | 0.0069% |
| 3 numbers, without Powerball | 1 in 580 | 0.17% |
| 2 numbers + Powerball | 1 in 701 | 0.14% |
| 1 number + Powerball | 1 in 92.0 | 1.09% |
| 0 numbers + Powerball | 1 in 38.3 | 2.61% |
The jackpot needs all five white balls in any order and the Powerball. The second prize, all five white balls without the Powerball, comes 1 in 11,688,054. The most common win is matching the Powerball alone, 1 in 38.3: the red ball is drawn from only 26, so it lands far more often than any combination of white balls.
The optional Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes; it changes what a win pays, not how often it happens, so it does not appear in this table.
How long a jackpot takes
| Tickets a week | Years | Tickets in all | Chance of ever hitting the jackpot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 520 | 0.00018% |
| 1 | 50 | 2,600 | 0.00089% |
| 10 | 10 | 5,200 | 0.0018% |
| 10 | 50 | 26,000 | 0.0089% |
| 100 | 10 | 52,000 | 0.0178% |
| 100 | 50 | 260,000 | 0.0889% |
Even a hundred tickets every week for fifty years leaves the jackpot far more likely missed than won. Buying more changes how much you spend much faster than it changes the odds; do more tickets help? works through it.
Questions
What are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot?
Exactly 1 in 292,201,338 per ticket per draw: the number of ways to choose 5 balls from 69, times 26 for the Powerball.
What are the odds of winning anything in Powerball?
1 in 24.9, adding up all nine prize tiers. The smallest prize, the Powerball alone, accounts for most wins.
Do some numbers come up more often?
Over a long history some numbers appear a little more than others, exactly as chance predicts. Every combination has the same chance in every draw; see our myths page.
Odds are exact for one standard ticket and come from the game's published format; prize amounts and ticket prices change and are not shown here. See the methodology. Playing should stay fun: free help.