The Nj Lottery Powerball drawing on Wednesday night produced winning numbers 2, 6, 26, 39, 68 and a Powerball of 6, but no ticket matched all six numbers for the estimated $375 million jackpot. The jackpot now climbs to $396 million for the next drawing on Saturday.
That next drawing is the reason many players are checking results now. The Powerball of 6 and a 2x Power Play gave the night its shape, but the top prize stayed out of reach and rolled forward instead. The cash option for Saturday’s jackpot stands at $180.2 million.
Even without a jackpot winner, the drawing still produced two large prizes. A ticket sold in California matched all five numbers except for the Powerball and won $1 million. A ticket bought in Colorado did the same and won $500,000. Those are the kind of results that keep a long run of losing top prizes from feeling empty for everyone watching the numbers come in.
Double Play added another layer to the night, with numbers 10, 20, 30, 60, 64 and a Powerball of 7, but nobody matched all six numbers for the $10 million Double Play jackpot. The game is drawn three times per week at about 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. A standard ticket costs $2, and players can add Power Play or Double Play for an extra $1 apiece.
For players in California and Colorado, Wednesday’s drawing was proof that a jackpot rollover can still leave behind major prizes. For everyone else, the next number to watch is Saturday’s $396 million jackpot, and the question is where the next big ticket will land.
