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A single Powerball winning ticket worth $260,000,000 was purchased in NY
Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2024 01:53 AM
A single lucky ticket in NY matched all 6 numbers in the Saturday, December 7th, 2024 drawing and won the $260,000,000 grand prize. The numbers from Saturday night, December 7th, 2024 were 01-31-43-55-57 with Power Ball 22. The winner can take a cash option worth $123 million before taxes, or choose to receive 29-year, 30-installment annuity option. The grand prize winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claimng the prizes. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot won on Saturday, Powerball produced a lot more happy winners walked away with huge pile of cash. 18 third prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. There were 6 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!
Other prizes won Saturday night included 290 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 73 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! There were 755 tickets that correctly matched three white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and also won $100. 240 additional players not just matched 3+1, but in addition purchased the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 different ways to win, there were 568,979 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Saturday, December 7th, 2024 drawing.
The new Powerball grand prize is estimated at $20,000,000 for Monday night. The cash option will be $$9.7 million.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. To play, pick 5 numbers from a set of 69 and pick one Powerball number from a set of 26. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Power Play option, which multiplies the winnings but not grand prize. The 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 grand prize starts at $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout instead.
| Sat Dec 07, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $260,000,000 | 1
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| | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 12 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 290 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 755 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 16,805 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 15,077 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 115,368 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 278,579 |
| Sat Dec 07, 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 | 6 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 73 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 240 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 5,594 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 4,957 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 38,338 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 92,884 |
| Sat Dec 07, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $260,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,027,328 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $38,292 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $416 | 46 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $171 | 116 | | 3 of 5 | $8 | 2,688 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $8 | 2,459 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 18,838 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 44,265 |
| Sat Dec 07, 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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