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Saturday's Powerball jackpot breaks to $88,000,000; One second prize ticket sold
Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2024 12:41 AM
Saturday's Powerball game grand prize grew to $88,000,000, since no one matched all six winning numbers drawn Wednesday night. The lump-sum cash payout for Saturday stands at a projected $$41 million. Wednesday's $69,000,000 is the total payout - before taxes - if the prize is taken in annual installments. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, December 18th, 2024 were 06, 15, 18, 33, 49 and Powerball was 07.
Though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with large winnings. There was a sole lucky ticket matched the first 5 numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the second prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) bought in CA, each won $1 million cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 14 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. There were 2 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 168 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 72 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! 706 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 273 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to win a total win of $200 each.
There were 32,555 Powewrball winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There was a single lucky New York player matched 4 white ball numbers in addition to the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 96 lucky New Yorkers won $100 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers. There were 11 lucky New Yorkers won $200 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers with Power Play purchased.
With 9 prize tiers, there were a total of 399,242 tickets nationwide won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 drawing.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Power Play option, which multiplies the original prizes except jackpot. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners can choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Dec 18, 2024 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $69,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 14 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 168 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 706 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 11,830 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 10,949 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 80,178 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 184,524 |
| Wed Dec 18, 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 | 2 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 72 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 273 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 4,475 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 4,129 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 30,844 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 71,077 |
| Wed Dec 18, 2024 Powerball Payout of New York(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $69,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 22 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 74 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,102 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,027 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 7,549 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 17,385 |
| Wed Dec 18, 2024 Powerball Payout of New York(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 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 2 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 9 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 222 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 170 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 1,527 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 3,465 |
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