New York Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $415M for Saturday's Drawing

The jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing has risen $415 million since no one bought the top prize ticket Wednesday.

Lottery officials said the $53.5 million jump from Wednesday’s jackpot is due to brisk sales across all 44 participating Powerball states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot was $361,500,000 and produced more 172,800 winning tickets in New York State.

The largest was a $1,000,000 second prize sold in Suffolk County at the Exxon station at 1490 5th Avenue in Bay Shore, Lottery officials said.

With Saturday’s Powerballjackpot now at $415,000,000, lottery officials promise New York will see even more winners across the state.

If no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing, the jackpot will continue to grow. Tickets for Saturday’s Powerball drawing can be purchased until 10 p.m. EST at one of the more 17,600 retail locations throughout New York State.

To win the Powerball jackpot, players must match five numbers from a field of 1 through 69 and one Powerball number from a field of 1 through 26. Tickets cost $2 per game.

And for another dollar, players can buy the Power Play feature where lower tier prizes multiply by two, three, four, or five times.

The largest Powerball jackpot across all participating states to date was $1.58 billion, won in California, Florida and Tennessee on January 13, 2016.