The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing has reached an estimated $430 million to a single annuity winner.
 
The jackpot began rolling June 14 and has rolled 18 times.
 
Two winning tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Tifton and Cedartown from Saturday’s drawing. Additionally, over 69,000 players in Georgia won more than $332,000 in prizes Saturday.
 
Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $430 million jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments; or the cash option, which is approximately $273 million.
 
Powerball tickets are $2 per play.
 
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $18.7 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

POWERBALL FAST FACTS

Draw Date: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017

Estimated Jackpot Amount: $430 million

Annuity Amount: Jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments

Cash Option Amount: Approximately $273 million

Cost to Play: $2 per play; an additional $1 per play to add the Power Play multiplier

Drawings: 11 p.m. (ET) every Wednesday and Saturday

Overall Odds of Winning Any Prize: Approximately 1:24.87

Odds of Winning Jackpot Prize: Approximately 1:292 million

Date Jackpot Began Rolling: June 14, 2017

Number of Rolls: 18

Last Winning Jackpot Ticket: June 10, 2017 ($447.8M – California)

#1 Powerball Jackpot: Jan. 13, 2016 – $1.586 billion jackpot (Calif.; Fla.; and Tenn.)