Don’t be down about losing Saturday’s record $949.8 million Powerball drawing if you dropped two hopeful bucks on a ticket. There’s some good news after all: 18 million people won some combination of numbers in the drawing, meaning America is a nation of winners. 
 
 Aside from the prized jackpot that no one won on Saturday night, players still got tons of prizes ranging from $4 for getting only the Powerball number right to $2 million, which you can win when you have five winning numbers and a Power Play add-on. The odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 292 million, but the odds of winning any prize are one in 25 thanks to a range of other winning possibilities. 
 
 While it’s unclear how many people in each state bought a ticket, Powerball released the number of people in each state who won. Using that methodology, Vocativ found that the states with the most winners per 1,000 people were New Jersey and Delaware. 
 
 Vermont fared the worst, with just 10 winners per 1,000 people. Powerball fever must not have spread to the U.S. Virgin Islands, which also had just 10 winners per 1,000 people. 
 
 More Powerball Fever Is Whipping Americans Into A Frenzy 
 
 If you were one of Saturday’s 18 million lucky winners, you could always spend the winnings on more tickets, since the jackpot could rise to a record $1.3 billion in the next drawing on Wednesday. 

 Powerball® costs $2 per play. 
 
 Select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls; then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. 
 
 Choose your numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers. 
 
 Jackpots start at $40 million and grow from there! 
 
 Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 Ways to Win.
– So nobody won the record $949.8 million Powerball jackpot on Saturday. The good news is that 18 million people actually won a prize thanks to their combination of numbers, Vocativ reports. Considering the odds—roughly one in 292 million to win the big prize, but one in 25 of winning something—it's no surprise that many people won prizes from $4 to $2 million. Divided by state, bettors in New Jersey and Delaware fared the best and Vermont the worst, with only 10 winners for every 1,000 people. Meanwhile, the jackpot has crept up to a stunning $1.3 billion. "It's crazy how big this jackpot is," a California lottery spokesman tells Reuters. "Buckle up: It's going to be a crazy ride between now and Wednesday night."