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The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $240,000,000
Updated: Monday, December 2, 2024 09:08 PM
Wednesday's Powerball lottery jackpot built to $240,000,000, because no player matched all five white ball numbers plus the Powerball number drawn Monday night. The cash option for Wednesday will be $$113.6 million. Monday's $224,000,000 is the total payout - before taxes - if the prize is taken in annual installments. The numbers drawn Monday night, December 2nd, 2024 were 03, 09, 26, 61, 67 with Power Ball 13.
Although there was no grand prize winner Monday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There was a single lucky player that correctly matched the first 5 numbers and won the 2nd prize. The one second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in MA won 1 million dollar cash.
Other major winners Monday evening included 10 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and won $10,000. 5 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied the prize 4 times to $40,000 cash! Additional prizes won Monday evening included 168 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 57 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! 537 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 188 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to win a total win of $200 each.
With nine prize tiers, there were a total of 390,582 tickets nationwide won $0 prizes in the Monday, December 2nd, 2024 drawing.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Power Play option, which increases the prizes except jackpot. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments. Winners may select one time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Mon Dec 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $224,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 10 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 168 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 537 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 11,460 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 11,305 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 79,837 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 179,686 |
| Mon Dec 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 5 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 57 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 188 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 4,133 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 4,440 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 30,926 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 67,829 |
| Mon Dec 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $224,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $776,769 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $23,507 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $587 | 20 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $129 | 94 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,814 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,758 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 12,559 | | Powerball Only | $3 | 29,130 |
| Mon Dec 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Sat Mar 28, 2026
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Change: +$19,000,000 |
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