Powerball Jackpot Expected To Be $1.3 Billion On Saturday Night

CONCORD, NH — New Hampshire Lottery officials are excited not only about the 4th highest jackpot in Powerball history but also that a lucky player who bought a ticket in Concord this week has won $50,000.

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is expected to be $1.3 billion, the 8th largest lottery jackpot ever and the 4th highest in Powerball history. The one-time cash payout should be around $609 million before taxes.

A $50,000 winning ticket was sold at the Shaw’s Supermarket on D’Amante Drive. The ticketholder matched four of the five numbers and the power ball. The odds of winning this combination are one in a million (well, one in 913,129, to be exact).

"We love seeing this Powerball jackpot continuing to grow, giving our players an incredible opportunity to get in on the action for a shot at being New Hampshire's next billionaire,” Charlie McIntyre, the New Hampshire Lottery executive director, said. “With one New Hampshire winner during Wednesday night’s drawing and with Saturday night’s $1.3 billion jackpot on the line, we expect both online and retail ticket sales to continue to build momentum right up until the drawing.”

The Top 10 Powerball jackpots in history were:

1. $2.04 billion, Nov. 7, 2022
2. $1.765 billion, Oct. 11, 2023
3. $1.586 billion, Jan. 13, 2016
4. $1.3 billion, April 6 (anticipated)
5. $1.08 billion, July 19, 2023
6. $842.4 million, Jan. 1
7. $768.4 million, March 27, 2019
8. $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017
9. $754.6 million, Feb. 6, 2023
10. $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021

The Top 10 jackpots in lottery history were:

1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022
2. $1.725 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023
3. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023
4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016
5. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018
6. $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023
7. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022
8. $1.3 billion, Powerball, April 6 (anticipated)
9. $1.128 billion, Mega Millions, March 26, 2024
10. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023

No one has won Powerball since Jan. 1.

Tickets are available at more than 1,400 retailers across the state as well as online at NHLottery.com.

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