Last Wednesday’s Powerball drawing saw an Arizona ticket hit four of five numbers plus the Powerball. The player missed the $71 million jackpot by one number but still won $50,000.
According to the Arizona Lottery, the ticket was not claimed as of Thursday afternoon. It was sold at a Phoenix-area QuikTrip in Ahwatukee.
Wednesday’s winning numbers were 21, 26, 30, 45 and 47. The Powerball was 23 with a 3x Power Play.
Arizona Lottery players can now buy tickets online through Jackpocket
Powerball tickets are available starting at $2. The Power Play add-on costs $1 and can multiply non-jackpot prizes. Players can purchase expanded to Arizona in January.
To play, choose five numbers between 1 and 69 for white balls and a final number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball. The odds of winning any of the nine available prizes are 1 in 24.9, ranging from $4 to $1 million.
Jackpot odds are much rarer at 1 in 292.2 million. A player must hit all five numbers plus the Powerball to win the grand prize.
Powerball jackpot now at $97 million and climbing
No player won Saturday’s jackpot, either. The estimated jackpot for Monday’s (May 8) drawing is $97 million.
Make no mistake, $97 million is life-changing money, even after taxes. However, all but one recent jackpot has been well into nine figures, or more, like last November’s record $2.04 billion jackpot.
Powerball jackpot winners in the last year:
- April 19, 2023: $252.6 million (Ohio)
- March 4, 2023: $162.6 million (Virginia)
- February 6, 2023: $754.6 million (Washington)
- November 19, 2022: $92.9 million (Kansas)
- November 7, 2022: $2.04 billion (California)
- August 3, 2022: $206.9 million
- June 29, 2022: $366.7 million
Arizona Lottery players have won big bucks over the last two months
The $50K Powerball score is one of several big scores in Arizona within the last two months.
In March, two players hit all six numbers in the Triple Twist. A player in Surprise won $1.5 million on March 15. Another player from Phoenix won $225,000 six days later.
Earlier in April, another player won the Triple Twist for $265,000 from a ticket purchased in Chandler. That same night, a Scottsdale ticket won $10,000 from the Mega Millions drawing.
Forty-five states participate in Powerball, plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Arizona has the 14th-largest population in the US, with around 7.5 million residents, and makes up roughly 2% of people living in Powerball-eligible states and territories.
The Grand Canyon State ranked 21st in Lottery sales in 2021 ($631.9 million), suggesting a lower chance of obtaining a jackpot winner.
Last November’s historic $2.04 billion jackpot was won by a player in Altadena, CA, just north of Pasadena in the Los Angeles area. California has the largest population in the US and had the third-highest sales in 2021 ($8.4 billion), behind Florida and New York.
