<P> Drawings for Powerball are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10 : 59 p.m. Eastern Time . Since October 7 , 2015 , the game has used a 5 / 69 ( white balls ) + 1 / 26 ( Powerballs ) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen , resulting in odds of 1 in 292,201,338 of winning a jackpot per play . Each play costs $2 , or $3 with the Power Play option . ( Originally , Powerball plays cost $1 ; when PowerPlay began , such games were $2 . ) The official cutoff for ticket sales is 10 : 00 p.m. Eastern Time ; some lotteries cut off sales earlier . The drawings are usually held at the Florida Lottery 's studio in Tallahassee . </P>
<P> Drawings for Powerball are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10 : 59 p.m. Eastern Time . Since October 7 , 2015 , the game has used a 5 / 69 ( white balls ) + 1 / 26 ( Powerballs ) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen , resulting in odds of 1 in 292,201,338 of winning a jackpot per play . Each play costs $2 , or $3 with the Power Play option . ( Originally , Powerball plays cost $1 ; when PowerPlay began , such games were $2 . ) The official cutoff for ticket sales is 10 : 00 p.m. Eastern Time ; some lotteries cut off sales earlier . The drawings are usually held at the Florida Lottery 's studio in Tallahassee . </P>
when do they pull the power ball numbers
when do they pull the power ball numbers
every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10 : 59 p.m. Eastern Time
every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10 : 59 p.m. Eastern Time