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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $295,000,000
Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 09:40 PM
The Powerball game jackpot is on the move again. The grand prize for the Saturday, October 5th, 2024 drawing rises to $295,000,000 with the cash value at $$147.9 million. The numbers from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 drawing were 01-02-21-37-43 and Powerball number was 21. The Powerball jackpot has been rolling over for nineteen draws since Wednesday, August 21st, 2024. A single lucky player from CA won the $44,000,000 grand prize in Monday, August 19th, 2024 drawing.
While the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had some huge winners. There were 2 tickets that matched all five white ball numbers and won the 2nd prize. The two second prize winning ticket(s) sold in IL(1) and IN(1) won $1,000,000 cash.
Additional prizes won Wednesday night included 9 tickets that matched 4 white numbers in addition to the Powerball and won $10,000. 4 additional tickets of 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 evening included 243 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 85 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! 700 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 244 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to win a total win of $200 each.
With nine different prize tiers, there were a total of 506,367 tickets nationwide won a total of $0 prizes in the Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 drawing.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. To play, choose 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and select 1 Powerball number from 1 to 26. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Power Play option, which increases the original prizes but not grand prize. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment payments. Winners can select one lump sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Oct 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $275,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
IL-1
IN-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 243 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 700 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 16,805 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 13,856 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 104,798 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 244,238 |
| Wed Oct 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 | $150,000 | 4 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 85 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 244 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 5,476 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 4,788 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 34,776 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 80,343 |
| Wed Oct 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $275,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,791,273 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $12,674 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $372 | 51 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $160 | 123 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 3,167 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $8 | 2,494 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 18,739 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 43,800 |
| Wed Oct 02, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Wed May 27, 2026
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Change: +$13,000,000 |
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