The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.

Check back here at 11 p.m. for the Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024: Powerball drawings are held three times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Monday drawings were added in 2021.

The winning million-dollar ticket was sold at Variedades Ecualatinas on Ferry Street in Newark in Essex County, the New Jersey Lottery announced. In addition, other lottery players in NJ won $150,444 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400.

The Powerball jackpot rises to $195 million for Saturday's drawing after no one claimed the prize on Wednesday. Almost a month ago, a lucky California player won a $44.3 million Powerball jackpot in August, the lottery announced. The week before, a Pennsylvania player won the $213.8 million jackpot.

The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery. One ticket was sold matching five numbers in New Jersey and is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn in Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery were 1,