The winning numbers for the latest drawing of the $1.8 billion Powerball lottery have been revealed.
The numbers for Saturday, September 6 are 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 with Powerball 17.
The chances of hitting the second-biggest Powerball jackpot ever stand at a daunting 1 in 292 million. The record for the largest prize in Powerball history was $2.04 billion, awarded in 2022.
If someone has the above numbers, they can choose to walk away with a $826.4 million dollar lump sum payment before taxes.
Or they can opt for roughly $5 million annuity payments annually for the next 29 years.
Interest in tonight’s drawing was so high that it caused the Powerball website to crash. It’s still unknown if anyone managed to snag the winning numbers.
The Powerball game is played across 45 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, having been a fixture since its start in April 1992.
There have been four Powerball winners so far in 2025, with the most recent being a person in California who won $204.5 million in May.
The winning numbers for the latest drawing of the $1.8 billion Powerball lottery have been revealed as 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 with Powerball 17
The first player to win this year was someone from Oregon, who cashed a ticket on January 18 that netted $328.5 million.
A second winner came forward on March 29, winning $527 million. A third won $167.3 million on April 26.
For those eager to win, it’s worth noting that both federal and state taxes will heavily reduce the $1.8 billion jackpot, even for the lucky winner.
According to USA Mega, any Powerball prize over $5,000 triggers an automatic 24 percent federal withholding. And that’s just the beginning.
Most winners will end up owing a total of 37 percent in federal income tax, slicing more than a third off the sum.
Choosing the lump-sum option of $826.4 million means the IRS would take about $198 million right away, with another $107 million due when taxes are filed.
That leaves the winner with roughly $521 million before state taxes are factored in.
Your state of residence plays a major role in how much you keep. States without an income tax on lottery winnings—like Florida, Texas, California, Washington, Tennessee, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Wyoming, and Delaware—allow winners to retain the most, ending up with a little over half a billion dollars.
Pictured: People wait in line to buy lottery tickets at the Lotto Store just inside the California border on Wednesday near Primm, Nevada
But in high–tax states like New York, where the top state rate hits 10.9 percent and New York City residents face an additional 3.876 percent, the prize can dwindle by well over $100 million more.
Washington, D.C., with its 10.75 percent levy, is nearly as punishing.
The disparity is just as staggering with jackpots in the hundreds of millions.
USA Mega’s analysis of an August drawing shows that on a $350.7 million cash lump sum, a winner in Florida would keep more than $220 million after federal taxes.
In New York City, that same prize would drop to just $182 million once state and local taxes were applied.
