Concord, NH – New Hampshire Lottery players will have the chance to win an estimated $1.3 billion Powerball prize in Saturday night’s (4/6) drawing. The anticipated $1.3 billion jackpot would be the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history, and the eighth-largest lottery jackpot on record. The New Hampshire Lottery expects the one-time cash payout to increase to $608.9 million. (Estimated jackpot amounts are determined before taxes are withheld.)
One lucky New Hampshire player purchased a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket for the drawing on Wednesday (4/3) at the Shaw’s on D’Amante Drive in Concord.
"We love seeing this Powerball jackpot continuing to grow, giving our players an incredible opportunity to get in on the action for a shot at being New Hampshire's next billionaire,” said Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire Lottery. “With one New Hampshire winner during Wednesday night’s drawing and with Saturday night’s $1.3 billion jackpot on the line, we expect both online and retail ticket sales to continue to build momentum right up until the drawing.”
Powerball drawing results from Wednesday, April 3, were: 11-38-41-62-65 PB-15 with a Power Play of 3.
The top-10 Powerball jackpots in history were:
- $2.04 billion, November 7, 2022
- $1.765 billion, October 11, 2023
- $1.586 billion, January 13, 2016
- $1.3 billion, April 6, 2024 (anticipated)
- $1.08 billion, July 19, 2023
- $842.4 million, January 1, 2024
- $768.4 million, March 27, 2019
- $758.7 million, August 23, 2017
- $754.6 million, February 6, 2023
- $731.1 million, January 20, 2021
The top-10 jackpots in lottery history were:
- $2.040 billion, Powerball, November 7, 2022
- $1.725 billion, Powerball, October 11, 2023
- $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, August 8, 2023
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018
- $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, January 13, 2023
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022
- $1.3 billion, Powerball, April 6, 2024 (anticipated)
- $1.128 billion, Mega Millions, March 26, 2024
- $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023
The anticipated $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot has been growing since January 1, when a lucky player in Michigan purchased a $842.2 million jackpot-winning ticket. Since the drawing in January, there have been 40 consecutive Powerball drawings without a jackpot winner.
The largest Powerball jackpot on record was $2.04 billion in November 2022, which was also the largest lottery jackpot in world history.
Powerball drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 PM.
Tickets are on sale at more than 1,400 retailers statewide and online at
NH iLottery. For more information and to play, visit
www.nhlottery.com.