The $166 million jackpot has hopeful multimillionaires asking, "Will anyone win the Powerball jackpot?" The Powerball winning numbers for the July 24, 2013 drawing is enormous, so don't forget to buy your lottery tickets now! New Jersey Lottery officials reported on Monday, July 22, that although the estimated Powerball jackpot is up to $166 million, the one-time lump sum option is also huge—$97.1 million in cold hard cash!

UPDATE: The Powerball winning numbers for July 24, 2013, are 9, 29, 40, 44, 54, and the red Powerball number is 7.

Wednesday's jackpot is humongous and it's no surprise that ticket sales have been brisk. Considering there were 748,267 Powerball winners that won smaller prizes in the last drawing, and most likely over 1 million that didn't win a thing, the July 24 drawing might sell close to 1.5 million tickets or more! How many tickets did you buy for tonight's Powerball drawing?

If no one matches all six Powerball numbers Wednesday, July 24, the estimated Powerball jackpot may reach $200 million or more by the time the next drawing rolls around on Saturday, July 27.

California Powerball Winning Lottery Ticket Remains Unclaimed

California Lottery officials announced Monday, July 22, that there's a huge Powerball winning ticket floating around out there that hasn't been claimed yet. The winning ticket is worth a massive prize of $465,539, and was purchased at Whitley Heights Market, 1900 North Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, way back on May 22, 2013.

The California lottery winner's lucky Powerball winning numbers were 9, 31, 35, 41 and 57, missing only the red Powerball number of 26. According to California lottery officials, if the Powerball winner doesn't claim their ticket within 180 days, the ticket will expire and the winner will forfeit their prize of almost $500,000!

Latest Powerball Winning Numbers and Results

The Powerball winning numbers for July 20, 2013, were 14, 25, 27, 38, 58, and the red Powerball number was 6. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday night. Read the article Powerball winning numbers: Illinois, Arizona, Kansas lottery winners hit it big for more details.

What Time is the July 24 Powerball Drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for 10:59 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The Powerball game is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Powerball winning numbers are drawn live Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Tickets cost $2 each.

What's the probability of winning the Powerball jackpot? Lottery officials say the overall odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 175,223,510, meaning you are 251 times more likely to be hit by lightning! The odds of winning any prize is 1 in 31.85.

Latest Mega Millions Results

The most recent Mega Millions winning numbers for July 23, 2013, were 25, 32, 35, 50, 51, the Mega Ball number was 46, and the Megaplier was X 3. There were no one jackpot winners for this drawing. Read the article Mega Millions winning numbers: California lottery winner hits massive prize for more information.