You have a one in 175,223,510 chance of winning the top prize, the lottery says.
View full sizeLouise White, right, 81 from Newport, R.I., is presented a check om March 6 for $336 million by Gerald Aubin, left, director of the state's lottery, and Gov. Lincoln Chafee, center, at Rhode Island Lottery headquarters in Cranston, R.I. White won February's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward to claim the sixth-largest U.S. prize, a family representative said. Powerball is back above $200 million. Saturday's drawing, at the moment, is for $205 million, with a cash option of $139.6 million, the lottery reports.
How hard is it to win? There are 59 white balls from which five are chosen. There are 35 red balls from which one is chosen. You have to match all five whites and the Powerball red.
The odds? One in 175,223,510, according to Powerball. One in 55.4 win $4 for matching one ball, by the way. A ticket costs $2.
The jackpot was last hit April 25, when 48 Philadelphia transit workers shared $172 million, according to nj.com.
If you only hit five numbers, you can win either $2 million or $1 million, depending on if the Powerball is one of your numbers, according to the lottery's website. Nobody hit either one on Wednesday.