Drawings for Powerball are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10: 59 p.m. Eastern Time. Since October 7, 2015, the game has used a 5 / 69 (white balls) + 1 / 26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen, resulting in odds of 1 in 292,201,338 of winning a jackpot per play. Each play costs $2, or $3 with the Power Play option. (Originally, Powerball plays cost $1; when PowerPlay began, such games were $2.) The official cutoff for ticket sales is 10: 00 p.m. Eastern Time; some lotteries cut off sales earlier. The drawings are usually held at the Florida Lottery 's studio in Tallahassee.
when do the numbers come out for powerball
every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10: 59 p.m. Eastern Time