New York Record Setting Powerball Jackpot Tonight

Tonight could be a record-setting one for Powerball players here in New York State.

Tonight's Powerball jackpot is up to $800 million dollars which would be almost double the current record for largest lottery jackpot ever won in New York State.

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The current record is $476 million dollars. The record was set last year in April when Johnnie Taylor won the Mega Millions and took home the $476 million dollar grand prize.

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The last time someone won the Powerball grand prize was back on January 1st of this year. The winning ticket was sold in Michigan and that person won $842.4 million dollars. There have been 35 consecutive Powerball drawings since then without a grand prize winner.

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The largest Powerball jackpot ever won was back in 2022 when someone claimed the $2.04 billion dollar jackpot.

So if you are going to buy a ticket for tonight's Powerball, what are the odds that you will win the grand prize?

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The simple answer is not very good.

Here are the odds of winning the Powerball according to their website.

Grand Prize Match All Numbers and Powerball Number: 1 in 292,201,338.00
2nd Place Match Five out of Five Ball But No Powerball: $1 Million 1 in 11,688,053.52
3rd Place Match Four Numbers and have the Powerball:$50,000 1 in 913,129.18
4th Place Match Four Numbers: $100 1 in 36,525.17
5th Place Match Three Numbers and have Powerball: $100 1 in 14,494.11
6th Place Match Three Numbers: $7 1 in 579.76
7th Place Match Two Numbers and have Powerball: $7 1 in 701.33
8th Place Match One Number and have Powerball:$4 1 in 91.98
9th Place Match just Powerball: $4 1 in 38.32

If you are looking for an edge when it comes to buying your Powerball ticket, here are the most commonly drawn Powerball numbers since 2017.