The Powerball jackpot for Saturday, October 27 is now $750 Million. The news comes as the New York Lottery continues to pay out more than $8.7 million in cash prizes on the 1,299,715 tickets sold for the near record Mega Millions drawing held earlier this week.  

“We’re on a winning streak, that’s for sure,” said Gweneth Dean, Director of the New York Gaming Commission’s Division of Lottery. “We want New Yorkers to appreciate that every drawing produces winners, including our players, schools and small businesses statewide. When New Yorkers play the Lottery, New York wins.”

Dean pointed to the prizes, commissions paid to lottery retailers, and Lottery Aid To Education generated from the current Powerball roll up to bolster the point. Since this Powerball jackpot began rolling on August 12:

• New York’s Powerball prizes to players totaled $14,339,588
• New York Lottery retailers earned $5,986,594
• Lottery Aid To Education accrued to $34,921,799
• Three winning $1 million tickets sold in New York

A custom infographic reinforcing New York’s sense of pride with a “Let’s Win This New York” message celebrating the many ways New York’s Lottery makes winners of us every day may be found here.

New York began selling Powerball tickets in 2010. Since then, New York has sold six jackpot-winning tickets worth a collective $709.1 million.  Individual 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
• The 1937 Flatbush Avenue Dodgers Group of Jericho who shared $201.9 million in 2011
• Case Park, LLC of Hartsdale who claimed $70 million in 2012
• Maksim Nikolayev of Brooklyn who took home $130.3 million in 2013
• Anthony Perosi and his son Anthony Perosi III of Manhattan who split $136 million in 2015

Tickets for the Powerball drawing may be purchased until 10 p.m. on Saturday. The live drawing will be televised at 10:59 p.m. on select New York Lottery draw stations.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.37 billion in fiscal year 2017-2018 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents approximately 13 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.

New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the State's toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369). 

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