There are 292,201,338 possible Powerball number combinations in the current standard game format.

Quick Scoop

In Powerball, you choose 5 distinct white numbers from 1–69 and 1 red Powerball from 1–26. This is a combinations problem for the white balls, because order does not matter, multiplied by the choices for the red ball.

  • Number of ways to pick the 5 white balls is (695)=11,238,513\binom{69}{5}=11{,}238{,}513(569​)=11,238,513.
  • Number of ways to pick the red Powerball is (261)=26\binom{26}{1}=26(126​)=26.

Multiplying these together gives the total number of distinct tickets:

  • (695)×(261)=11,238,513×26=292,201,338\binom{69}{5}\times \binom{26}{1}=11{,}238{,}513\times 26=292{,}201{,}338(569​)×(126​)=11,238,513×26=292,201,338 possible Powerball combinations.

So if every single combination were played exactly once in a drawing, there would be 292,201,338 different tickets in play.

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