Time to grab your tickets and see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to grow after that one lucky winner from New York won $260 million in the December 7 drawing. Is this your lucky night?
Here are the winning numbers for Wednesday’s lottery:
06-12-28-35-66, Powerball: 26, Power Play: 3X
Double set of winning numbers
08-10-25-33-66, Powerball: 20
The estimated Powerball jackpot is $178 million. The overall pre-tax payment would be about $80.7 million.
Double Play is a feature that gives players at select sites another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing. The Double Play drawing is held after the regular drawing and has a maximum cash prize of $10 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Double Play add-on feature is available for purchase in 13 lottery jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania and Michigan.
A $2 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance to join the Powerball jackpot hall of champions.
Drawings are held at 10:59 PM Eastern on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The deadline to buy tickets is 9:45 p.m