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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing soars to $218 million
Updated: Thursday, May 20, 2021 01:42 AM
With no winner in the last draw, the Powerball game jackpot is going to be worth a projected $218 million (cash value $149 million) the next time the multistate lottery is played on Saturday. The amount carried over because no one hit all six winning numbers to win the $201 million grand prize Wednesday night. The winning numbers from Wednesday night, May 19th, 2021 were 11-13-55-56-69 with Power Ball 04. The Powerball jackpot has been growing for 132 draws since Saturday, February 15th, 2020. A single lucky winner from Michigan won the $70.00 million jackpot in Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 drawing.
While the jackpot was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with big money. There were 2 2nd prize winners from Wednesday night's drawing, matching the first 5 lotto numbers except the Powerball number. The 2 second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in Michigan(1) and North Carolina(1) won 1 million dollar cash.
Other prizes won Wednesday night included 16 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. 5 additional players not just matched 4+1, and also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 316 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 92 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! There were 870 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and also won $100. 208 additional players not just matched 3+1, and also purchased the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 different ways to win, there were 726,768 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 drawing.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game can be played in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur every Wednesday and Saturday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To play, pick 5 numbers from a set of 69 then select a Powerball number from a set of 26. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Power Play option, which increases the original prizes except jackpot. The overall odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball grand prize are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments. Winners may select one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed May 19, 2021 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $201,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
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NC-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 16 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 316 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 870 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 21,623 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 19,361 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 153,018 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 365,096 |
| Wed May 19, 2021 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 5 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 92 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 208 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 6,093 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 5,526 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 45,852 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 108,690 |
| Wed May 19, 2021 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $201,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 54 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 134 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 3,281 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 2,856 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 22,531 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 54,587 |
| Wed May 19, 2021 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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