The estimated, annuitized jackpot for tonight’s Powerball drawing is now $460 million, with a cash value of $291 million.

Powerball is played in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. 

To date, New York has sold six jackpot-winning Powerball tickets. New York’s winners include:

-Jeffrey & Christine Pintuff of Gansevoort who won $48.8 million in 2010
-Stephen Kirwan of Purling who won $122.1 million in 2011
-1937 Flatbush Avenue Dodgers Group of Jericho who split $201.9 million in 2011
-Case Park, LLC of Hartsdale who won $70 million in 2012
-Maksim Nikolayev of Brooklyn who won $130.3 million in 2013
-Anthony Perosi of Manhattan who won $136 million in 2015 

The Powerball drawing takes place every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:59 p.m. Tickets may be purchased up until 10 p.m. on the night of the drawing.

Powerball winning numbers are drawn from a field of one through 69. The Power Ball is drawn from a separate field of one through 26. Players must match all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.27 billion in fiscal year 2016-2017 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents approximately 14 percent of total state education aid to local school districts.

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.