Next Draw SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 at 8:59pm MST 

Watch your local Lottery television station for the winning numbers!

KTRV, Channel 12, Fox: Boise KLEW, Channel 3, CBS: Lewiston KXTF, Channel 35, Fox: Twin Falls KPVI, Channel 6, NBC: Idaho Falls/Pocatello KSKN, Channel 22, UPN: Spokane KSTU, Channel 13, Fox: Salt Lake City

Sales for this upcoming Saturday evening Powerball draw are going crazy! The new Powerball jackpot amount for Saturday’s draw at 8:59pm MST just took a jump to $128 million! Tickets will be on sale until 8pm MST, one hour before the draw on Saturday, August 18. Please remember to play responsibly.

This is the highest jackpot for Powerball this year. At this time there have been 5 other Powerball jackpots higher since the game began in 1992. Powerball jackpots begin with a base of $10,000,000. This jackpot began to grow on June 20, 2001 – 17 draws earlier. The largest Powerball jackpot to this point was in July 1998 for $295.7 million. This was an Indiana Lottery ticket sold to a group known as “The Lucky 13” from Columbus, Ohio.

The largest Idaho winner was Pam Hiatt in 1995, winning $87.5 million.

Powerball is the multi-state lotto game that offers players nine ways to win. Players select five numbers from 1 to 49 and a Powerball from 1 to 42. The jackpot is won by matching 5 numbers plus the Powerball. Odds winning a cash prize are 1 in 34.8. Jackpot odds are 1 in 80 million. Powerball is now played in 21 states and the District of Columbia, with Colorado being the newest member signing on August 2, 2001. Drawings are held each week on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:59pm MST.

The Idaho Lottery benefiting Idaho public schools and buildings.