Here are the winning numbers in Friday’s drawing: The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $229 million. The cash option is about $107.5 million. If no one wins, the jackpot climbs higher for the next drawing. According to the game’s official website, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

One lucky person in Georgia won the over $450 million Powerball jackpot after their ticket matched all the numbers drawn on Wednesday. The jackpot rose to around $478 million after no one won during Monday's drawing, but the winner can take home about $230.5 million after taxes, according to the lottery.

The last two jackpot winners won back in August. A lucky California player won a $44.3 million Powerball jackpot on Aug. 19. And the week before, on Aug. 12, a Pennsylvania player won the $213.8 million jackpot.

A Georgia lottery player tried their luck playing Powerball — and hit the jackpot. A single ticket sold in the Peach State matched five numbers and the Powerball to win the estimated $478.2 million prize in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 23, results show. The grand prize has a cash value of $230 million, per the Powerball website.

A winning ticket for Wednesday's Powerball drawing was sold at a Georgia convenience store — netting the lucky buyer a $478 million jackpot.

Wednesday’s win marks the second-highest Powerball jackpot of 2024, behind the $842.2 million jackpot awarded to the winner of the New Year’s Day drawing. The winning numbers from the Oct. 23 drawing — 2,

The ticket was purchased at a Quick Mart in Buford, Ga., according to the Powerball lottery. The winning numbers of 2-15-27-29-39 Powerball 20 were selected using the Quik Pik option. The jackpot is the largest in Georgia history.