The winning Powerball numbers for the Wednesday, April 8 drawing are 3, 16, 17, 42 and 52, with a red Powerball of 3, lottery officials reported. The estimated jackpot for the draw was $20 million, with a cash option of roughly $9.1 million; the Power Play multiplier drawn was 2x. At the time of publication it was not yet confirmed whether any ticket matched all six numbers to claim the jackpot.
The drawing took place as part of Powerball’s regular schedule — live at 10:59 p.m. ET on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee and livestreamed on Powerball.com. The next Powerball drawing is set for Saturday, April 11. In Michigan, where some players buy tickets online as well as in stores, sales for the night’s drawing close at 9:45 p.m. local time.
A single Powerball play costs $2. Players may add Power Play for an extra $1 per play; Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times, though the 10x multiplier is only in play when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less. With a 2x Power Play drawn on Wednesday, a match of five white balls without the Powerball would be worth $2 million instead of the standard $1 million.
Powerball also offers a Double Play option in many states. For an additional $1 per play, in-store purchasers can enter their numbers into a second drawing held immediately after the main Powerball drawing for a chance at separate prizes—top prizes in Double Play can reach $10 million. Power Play multipliers do not apply to Double Play prizes.
The Powerball prize structure ranges from a $4 prize for matching just the red Powerball up to the jackpot for matching all five white balls plus the red Powerball; overall odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Other notable non-jackpot payouts include $50,000 for matching four white balls plus the Powerball and $100 for matching four white balls alone or three white balls plus the Powerball (pre-Power Play).
Michigan players may check winning numbers and prize information on the Michigan Lottery website; the official Powerball site posts results as well. The state’s largest-ever Powerball ticket — an $842.4 million winning ticket sold in January 2024 at Food Castle in Grand Blanc — remains the biggest prize claimed in Michigan to date, underscoring the occasional massive swings in the game’s jackpots.