--- description: No one claimed Powerball’s estimated $394 million jackpot over the weekend meaning the prize for Wednesday's drawing will be $450 million. title: Powerball Jackpot Hits $450 Million image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28c1ae4f0aa312e/69877e2d06f2c150f0333dc6/powerball-jackpot-winning-rick-lottery.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Lottery](/tag/lottery/) ## Lottery Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Powerball Jackpot Is Set to Reach $450 Million by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2015 3:22 AM CUT  A store clerk hands a customer his Powerball ticket at a local grocery store in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 A store clerk hands a customer his Powerball ticket at a local grocery store in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015Alan Diaz—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2015 3:22 AM CUT The odds of [winning the Powerball Grand Prize](http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb%5Fprizes.asp "undefined") are 1 in 175,223,510\. For this week, however, you can keep believing. No one claimed Powerball’s estimated $394 million jackpot over the weekend, meaning the prize for the next draw will be around [$450 million](http://www.powerball.com/pb%5Fhome.asp "undefined") (or $304.1 million for a cash payout) according to the Powerball website. That’s $140 million short of the record $590.5 million — won on May 18, 2013 by 84-year-old Gloria Mackenzie of Zephyrhills, Fla. — but who’s complaining? The next draw will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 11. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/"},"headline":"The Powerball Jackpot Is Set to Reach $450 Million","datePublished":"2015-02-09T03:22:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:46.653Z","description":"But you're far more likely to play in the NBA than win this haul","url":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/","keywords":["Lottery","U.S.","Florida","gambling","rich","People","cash","Powerball","jackpot"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28c1ae4f0aa312e/69877e2d06f2c150f0333dc6/powerball-jackpot-winning-rick-lottery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28c1ae4f0aa312e/69877e2d06f2c150f0333dc6/powerball-jackpot-winning-rick-lottery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A store clerk hands a customer his Powerball ticket at a local grocery store in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015","caption":"A store clerk hands a customer his Powerball ticket at a local grocery store in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015","creditText":"Alan Diaz—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lottery/","name":"Lottery"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/","name":"The Powerball Jackpot Is Set to Reach $450 Million"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch John Oliver Win the Lottery Debate","description":"Watch John Oliver Win the Lottery Debate on Last Week Tonight","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ExO6WtWO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-10T08:05:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ExO6WtWO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3700365/powerball-jackpot-grand-prize/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```