The POWERBALL® jackpot continues to climb through half billion-dollar territory for the start of 2022. The jackpot now stands at an estimated $522 million ($371.5 million cash value) for the Monday, Jan. 3 drawing, after no ticket matched all six numbers in the New Year’s Day drawing.
The winning numbers in the Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 Powerball drawing were white balls 6, 12, 39, 48, and 50. The Powerball number was 7.
Participating lotteries are reminding players to check their tickets for one of the nine ways to win. In Saturday’s drawing alone, more than 2.7 million tickets won prizes ranging from $4 to $2 million. Some of the top-winning tickets included three winning Match 5 tickets worth $1 million each sold in Arizona, California and Florida. There were also a winning Match 5 + Power Play ticket worth $2 million sold in Maryland.
The biggest win of the night was a Double Play® ticket sold in Florida that won $10 million. This was the second ticket to win Double Play’s top prize since the add-on feature launched on August 23, 2021 alongside Monday night Powerball drawings. Double Play is currently offered by 13 U.S. lotteries. Powerball tickets that include Double Play for an additional $1 per play are eligible to win prizes in both the Powerball drawing and a separate Double Play drawing. Instead of a rolling jackpot, Double Play offers a $10 million top cash prize.
The Powerball jackpot was last hit in California in the Oct. 4, 2021 drawing when a single ticket won a massive $699.8 million grand prize. That jackpot ranked as the 5th largest in Powerball history and the 7th largest in U.S. lottery history. Since then, there have been 38 drawings in a row without a jackpot winner.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. 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 online at Powerball.com.
