Winner! Delayed Powerball numbers hit $1.3 billion jackpot for Saturday, April 6

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Lianna Norman and Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

Updated Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 5:02 AM 5 min read

Powerball made someone a billionaire overnight! Check to see if your winning numbers matched the billion-dollar Powerball lottery drawing on Saturday, April 6. And the $1.3 billion numbers were drawn.

Those numbers had been delayed for "one jurisdiction that needs extra time to complete that pre-draw process."

At around 6 a.m. Sunday, Powerball released that the jackpot had been won by a ticket purchased in Oregon.

There were also seven tickets that matched 5 for a $1 million prize, including one purchased in Florida. The other six million-dollar tickets were bought in Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Massachussetts, Michigan and Wyoming.

Winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, April 6, 2024:

It's not an April Fool's joke — the Powerball lottery jackpot for Monday, April 1 hit $1 billion and has rolled over twice since then.

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday rings in at $1.3 billion, with a cash option of $608.9 million. That ranks it the fourth highest Powerball jackpot of all time and the eighth-highest lottery jackpot of all time.

The numbers for Saturday, which were drawn later, were 22-27-44-52-69 and the Powerball was 9.

Saturday's was the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot of all time, but now Monday's will fall back to the beginning, a $20 million jackpot.

The current Mega Millions jackpot is no longer in the running to become the biggest lottery jackpot of all time, since one lucky ticket in New Jersey matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball for the $1.13 billion prize on Tuesday, March 26.

Although no one claimed the jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing, a whopping nine lucky tickets matched five numbers each for a $1 million prize. Two of those tickets were bought in California, two in Massachusetts and one ticket in Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington.

In case you're wondering, the winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Wednesday, April 3, were 11-38-41-62-65 and the Powerball was 15. Power Play was 3x.

Tickets start at $2 apiece. Below is what to know about lottery odds, how long to claim the cash option if you bought a ticket in Florida, and what happens to unclaimed prize money, according to the Florida Lottery.

Good luck!

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Powerball results 4/6/24, $1.3 billion drawing

The Saturday, 4/6/24, Powerball jackpot jumped to $1.3 billion with a cash option at $608.9 million. The numbers for Saturday, which were drawn later, were 22-27-44-52-69 and the Powerball was 9.