FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 3, 2024

Countdown to Tonight’s $1.09 Billion Powerball® Drawing

Tonight’s jackpot ranks as the 4^th largest in Powerball history

WHO

Powerball Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko is available for interviews this afternoon (April 3) from 1 – 2 p.m. ET via Zoom to discuss the growing jackpot. To arrange an interview, please contact Pennsylvania Lottery Press Secretary Ewa Swope via email or by phone:

Ewa Swope, Press Secretary

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WHAT

Tonight’s Powerball® jackpot is estimated at $1.09 billion, making it the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot and ninth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $527.3 million.

National Powerball ticket sales have increased by 45-percent from this same time last week. Game leaders forecast the majority of ticket sales for tonight’s drawing will happen in the final hours leading up to state lottery sales cut-off times, which occur 1-2 hours before the scheduled draw time based on the selling jurisdiction.

WHEN

Tonight’s Powerball drawing will take place at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee at 10:59 p.m. ET.  The drawing will be broadcast live by carrier TV stations across the country and live streamed on Powerball.com.

Top 10 Powerball Jackpots

1. $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA 
2. $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 - CA 
3. $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN 
4. $1.09 Billion est. – April 3, 2024
5. $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA  
6. $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
7. $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI  
8. $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA 
9. $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA 
10. $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD 

About Powerball

Powerball^® holds the current world record for largest national lottery jackpot at $2.04 billion.  Since its first drawing in 1992, the Powerball game has helped generate more than $31 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.

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Media Contacts

Anna Domoto

Multi-State Lottery Association

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Ewa Swope

Pennsylvania Lottery

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