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$478,000,000 Powerball grand prize won in GA
Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 09:39 PM
Somebody in GA won the $478,000,000 Powerball lotto drawing Wednesday night. The winning numbers from Wednesday night, October 23rd, 2024 were 02-15-27-29-39 and Powerball was 20. The winner will have the option of annuity payments for the entire prize amount of $478,000,000, or the cash payment in the amount of $230.5 million before tax withholding. The winning ticket holder is encouraged 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 does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot won on Wednesday, a lot more players walked away with big money. There were two 2nd prize winners from Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, matching all 5 white ball numbers except the Powerball number. The 2 lucky ticket(s) bought in PA(1) and TX(1), each won $1 million cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 13 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. There were 4 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 418 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 128 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! There were 847 tickets that matched three white ball numbers plus the Powerball and also won $100. 242 additional players not only matched 3+1, but in addition chose the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With nine different ways to win, there were 616,154 tickets nationwide won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 drawing.
The next Powerball game drawing, Saturday night, will feature a jackpot of $20,000,000 with the cash option at $$9.6 million.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game offered in 44 participating states as a shared jackpot game. Powerball drawings are held 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Powerball lottery uses a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Power Play option, which increases the original winnings but not jackpot. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners can select one time lump sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Oct 23, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $478,000,000 | 1
GA-1
| | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
PA-1
TX-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 418 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 847 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 23,501 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 17,232 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 129,183 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 303,296 |
| Wed Oct 23, 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 | 4 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 128 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 242 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 7,313 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 5,219 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 38,823 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 89,932 |
| Wed Oct 23, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $478,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $349,112 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $11,633 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $357 | 65 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $151 | 160 | | 3 of 5 | $6 | 3,981 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $9 | 2,925 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 22,708 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 54,002 |
| Wed Oct 23, 2024 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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