Powerball Numbers Released; $1.5B Ticket Drawing Results in California

So you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people who decided to test their luck in tonight’s massive multi-state Powerball drawing? Here in California, sales for tickets for the $1.5 billion jackpot will stop at 7 p.m. local time.

Powerball picks are:

4 - 8 - 19 - 27 - 34 with a Powerball of 10

The drawing will be broadcast live on television, and results will also be posted on the official Powerball website. We’ll also post them here once available, so be sure to check back.

See Also:

• Did Anyone Win the $1.6 Billion Powerball Jackpot on Jan. 13, 2016?

HOW TO WIN POWERBALL:

The odds of winning the big prize are 1 in 292,201,338, according to MarketWatch. The service points out that the chances of being struck by lightning in any given year are 1 in 700,000.

According to the official Powerball website, the jackpot is won by matching all five white balls, in any order, and the red Powerball. But if you miss that coveted Powerball, you can still win a cool million dollars.

Here’s more:

Any time you match the red Powerball, you win a prize. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are approximately 1 in 25. Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 Ways to Win.

There are eight other ways you can win, too.

• Match all five numbers and no Powerball = $1 million
  
• Match four numbers and the Powerball = $10,000
  
• Match four numbers and no Powerball = $100
  
• Match three numbers and the Powerball = $100
  
• Match three numbers and no Powerball = $7
  
• Match two numbers and the Powerball = $7
  
• Match one number and the Powerball = $4
  
• Match just the Powerball number = $4

Click here to search for California Lottery retailers. Click on ‘lucky retailers’ if you want to buy your ticket from a spot that paid out large amounts of prizes to players in the last calendar year.

Find out how to play Powerball here.