CLEVELAND — Although nobody won the $685 million Powerball jackpot in the lottery drawing for Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2023, there were still numerous winners in Northeast Ohio.
Here's a full list of winners throughout the Buckeye State:
- $50,000 prize: 1 winner
- $300 prize: 35 winners
- $100 prize: 76 winners
- $21 prize: 1,127 winners
- $12 prize: 14,455 winners
- $7 prize: 2,852 winners
- $4 prize: 34,940 winners
The lucky numbers from the Wednesday night drawing are 4, 11, 38, 51, 68 with Powerball 5. The Power Play option was 3x.
The jackpot now grows to an estimated $760 million for the next Powerball drawing, which is set for Saturday, Dec. 30 at 10:59 p.m. That prize has a cash option worth $382.5 million.
Powerball lottery officials say the odds of hitting the jackpot are one in 292,201,338.00, which is slightly better than the Mega Millions odds of one in 302,575,350. The odds of hitting a $1 million winning ticket in Powerball, meanwhile, are one in 11,688,053.52.
Northeast Ohio had a big Powerball winner earlier this year as one lucky ticket sold at a GetGo in Macedonia hit the jackpot worth $252.6 million during the April 19 drawing.
Are you feeling lucky? Ohio has recently seen some big winners in previous lottery drawings. Those winners include
2023 WINNERS
- Dec. 16 in Powerball: $150,000 prize sold in Mentor
- Nov. 14 in Mega Millions: $4 million winning ticket sold in Swanton
- Oct. 10 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Medina
- Oct. 9 in Classic Lotto: $5.5 million winning ticket sold in Parma Heights
- Oct. 7 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Curtice
- July 19 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Xenia
- July 18 in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold in Brook Park
- June 14 in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Fairfield
- June 9 in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold in Moraine
- May 31 in Powerball: Ticket sold in New Albany hits $1 million prize
- April 27 in Make My Year scratch-off game: A winning ticket worth $2.5 million is sold at a GetGo store in Alliance
- April 26 drawing in Lucky For Life: A winning ticket sold at an East End Express in Hubbard hit the second-tier prize that pays $25,000 per year for life
- April 19 drawing in Powerball: A winning ticket sold at a GetGo in Summit County wins the jackpot worth $252.6 million
- April 18 drawing in Mega Millions: One ticket sold at a Circle K in Berea wins a $1 million prize
- March 13 drawing in Powerball: A winning ticket sold in southern Ohio hits $2 million
- Jan. 10 drawing in Mega Millions: Two $1 million winning tickets sold in Ohio
- Jan. 7 drawing in Powerball: Winning ticket worth $2 million sold in Vermilion
2022 WINNERS
- Dec. 30 drawing in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold at Giant Eagle in North Olmsted
- Dec. 21 drawing in Classic Lotto: Winning ticket sold for $100,000 in Twinsburg
- Dec. 16 drawing in Lucky For Life: Winning tickets hits $7.3 million in Akron
- Dec. 10 drawing in Powerball: Winning ticket hits $1 million -- see where the lucky ticket was sold
- Nov. 25 drawing in Rolling Cash 5: Jackpot worth $711,000 hit in Northeast Ohio -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Nov. 8 drawing in Powerball: One lucky ticket hit a $1 million prize -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Nov. 5 drawing in Classic Lotto: One lucky ticket hit the $39.3 million jackpot -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Nov. 2 drawing in Mega Millions: A $1 million winning ticket was sold in Northeast Ohio -- see where the lucky ticket was purchased
- Nov. 1 drawing in Powerball: Two $1 million winning tickets in Ohio -- see where the winning tickets were sold
- Oct. 15 drawing in Powerball: $1 million winning ticket sold in Lyndhurst -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Sept. 10 drawing in Powerball: $2 million winning ticket sold in Columbus -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Sept. 10 drawing in Lucky For Life game: $500,000 winning ticket sold in Rootstown -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Sept. 8 drawing in Lucky For Life game: $500,000 winning ticket sold in Elyria -- see where the winning ticket was purchased
- Aug. 23 drawing in Mega Millions: $1 million winning ticket sold in Findlay – see where the winning ticket was purchased
- July 26 drawing in Mega Millions: $3 million winning ticket sold in Saint Clairsville; $1 million winning ticket sold in Berea – see where the winning tickets were purchased