$50,000 Powerball win in Waukesha
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Wisconsin Lottery officials announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3 that a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at Kwik Trip (2530 N. Grandview Boulevard) in Waukesha for the Oct. 2 drawing.
The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (12-26-27-43-47) plus the Powerball (5). The ticket was one of 70 $50,000 winners sold across the country for the Monday night drawing.
The estimated Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, Oct. 4 drawing is $1.2 billion – the 3rd largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history. It will be the 33rd drawing during this jackpot run.
This marks the first time in Powerball game history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The Powerball jackpot was previously won on July 19 in California, when a single ticket won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion.
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Top 10 Powerball jackpots in game's history
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.2 Billion (est.) – Oct. 4, 2023
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1:292,201,338. The odds of winning a $50,000 Powerball prize are 1:913,130.