Powerball Tonight: a Fresh $30 Million Jackpot for Monday's 10:59 P.M. Drawing — Five Days After the $847 Million Prize Was Hit
Nobody matched Saturday's numbers (3, 36, 37, 56, 61, Powerball 21), so the game starts over at an estimated $30 million, cash option $12.9 million — small change next to Wednesday's $847 million New Jersey win, and a ticket is still $2.
The biggest lottery story in the country reset itself last week, and Monday night is where the new one starts. Powerball's jackpot for tonight's drawing — Monday, November 9, at 10:59 p.m. Eastern — stands at an estimated $30 million, with a cash option of $12.9 million, after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing. Saturday's numbers were 3, 36, 37, 56 and 61, with Powerball 21 and Power Play 2x; the Multi-State Lottery Association said no ticket matched even the five white balls, so the whole prize rolled.
The modest number is the aftermath of an enormous one. On Wednesday, November 4, a single ticket sold in New Jersey hit the $847 million jackpot — the ninth-largest prize in Powerball history — ending the run this desk covered through October. The game restarted at $20 million on Saturday, drew no winner, and begins its climb again tonight. Powerball is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, is sold by the New York Lottery at retailers across the five boroughs, and tonight's drawing can be watched live on Powerball's website.
The odds have not changed with the jackpot: 1 in 292,201,338 for the top prize on a $2 ticket, a number worth printing in a week when the prize is $30 million rather than $847 million — the ticket buys the same long shot either way. If nobody hits tonight, the next drawing is Wednesday, November 11 — Veterans Day — when the jackpot will roll again, and this desk will file the numbers either way.
