Powerball Rolls to $45 Million for Wednesday Night — a Veterans Day Drawing at 10:59
Nobody hit Monday's numbers — 13, 34, 41, 45, 48, Powerball 25 — so the fresh Powerball run climbs on: an estimated $45 million, or $19.4 million in cash, for Wednesday night's 10:59 drawing, in the middle of Veterans Day.
The roll itself is the story of a young jackpot. This prize run is only days old — it began again after the $847 million prize was hit last week — and Monday's drawing, for $30 million, produced no ticket matching all six numbers. The estimate for the next drawing, Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10:59 p.m. Eastern, now stands at $45 million on the annuity, $19.4 million for a winner who takes the cash, according to the jackpot trackers updated overnight.
Wednesday's drawing carries a calendar quirk worth knowing: it falls on Veterans Day, a federal holiday on which the lottery draws anyway — Powerball's Monday-Wednesday-Saturday drum does not observe holidays — and it shares the night with the other drum in this city's week, since tonight's Mega Millions drawing ($529 million, 11 p.m.) comes first. A New York ticket buyer so inclined gets a nine-figure draw on Tuesday and a growing one on Wednesday, back to back.
The practical numbers have not changed: a ticket costs $2, the odds against the top prize are 1 in 292.2 million, and Monday's Power Play multiplier was 2x for those who bought it. Check Monday's tickets against 13-34-41-45-48 and Powerball 25 before Wednesday — a five-ball match without the Powerball is still worth $1 million, and unclaimed mid-tier prizes are the most common way a drawing like Monday's quietly pays somebody.
If Wednesday produces no winner either, the run's next stop is Saturday night, and the climb from $45 million is where jackpots start to gather a crowd. For now it is a modest, honest number by Powerball standards — which, at $45 million, says everything about Powerball standards.
