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Powerball jackpot jumps to $36,000,000 Saturday, May 11th, 2024; 1 player matched the first 5 numbers
Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 09:08 PM
Wednesday night's Powerball lottery drawing has yielded no grand prize winner for the $20,000,000 grand prize. With no one hit all 5 white ball numbers plus the Powerball number in Powerball game , Saturday night's drawing is going to be worth a projected $36,000,000 for a single winner. The lump-sum cash payout will be a projected $$16.8 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, May 8th, 2024 were 07-41-43-44-51 with Power Ball number 05.
Even though there was no jackpot winner Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with big money. There was only one ticket that matched all 5 numbers and won the 2nd prize. The one second prize winning ticket(s) sold in MI will collect $1,000,000 cash.
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 11 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. 3 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash! Other prizes won Wednesday night included 187 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 65 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! There were 421 tickets that correctly matched three white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and also won $100. 177 additional players not only matched 3+1, and also chose the Power Play option, doulbled the winnings to $200 cash each ticket.
With nine ways to win, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 354,446 winning tickets nationwide with a total amount of $0 prizes.
America's favorite Powerball game is played in 42 states, D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are held 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play option, which multiplies the prizes but not grand prize. The overall odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of matching all six Powerball numbers are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball jackpot is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments in 29 years. Winners can select one time lump sum cash payout instead.
| Wed May 08, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 11 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 187 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 421 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 9,978 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 8,345 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 68,959 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 168,600 |
| Wed May 08, 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 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 65 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 177 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 3,826 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 3,140 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 25,906 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 64,827 |
| Wed May 08, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $2,807,913 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $4,888 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $257 | 38 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $158 | 64 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,518 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $8 | 1,260 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 0 | | Powerball Only | $3 | 25,096 |
| Wed May 08, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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