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The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing skyrockets to $236 million
Updated: Sunday, May 23, 2021 01:22 AM
The jackpot in the Powerball multistate lottery game keeps going up and is going to be up to a projected $236 million for the next drawing on Wednesday. The lump-sum cash payout stands at a projected $161.1 million. The amount was rolled over since no one matched all five white ball numbers and the Powerball number to win the $218 million grand prize Saturday night. The winning numbers drawn Saturday night, May 22nd, 2021 were 03, 19, 27, 37, 40 with Power Ball 08. The Powerball grand prize has been growing for 133 draws since Saturday, February 15th, 2020. One lucky winner from Michigan walked away with $70.00 million top prize in Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 drawing.
Even though the jackpot was not awarded Saturday evening, Powerball had some huge winners. There were 4 lucky players that correctly matched all five numbers and won the second prize. The 1 ticket(s) in North Carolina matched the first 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $2 million cash win! This is part of the Powerball game feature that guarantees a certain multiplier on all match 5 white ball winners that also have the Power Play option pushing the prize to $2 million cash. 3 other lucky ticket(s) bought in Arizona(1), New Hampshire(1) and New Jersey(1), each won 1 million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!
Additional prizes won Saturday night included 16 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. There were 6 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!
With 9 different ways to win, the Saturday night's drawing created 832,635 winning tickets across the nation with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. To play, select 5 numbers from a set of 69 then choose a Powerball number from 1 to 26. The odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment payments in 29 years. Winners may choose one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Sat May 22, 2021 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $218,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 3 AZ-1 NH-1 NJ-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 16 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 457 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 1,292 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 30,372 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 24,795 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 178,450 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 405,499 |
| Sat May 22, 2021 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $0 | 1 NC-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 6 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 131 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 415 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 8,954 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 7,468 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 54,078 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 120,698 |
| Sat May 22, 2021 Powerball Payout of New York(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $218,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 48 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 120 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 3,011 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 2,251 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 16,723 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 38,116 |
| Sat May 22, 2021 Powerball Payout of New York(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 5 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 20 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 346 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 299 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 2,177 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 4,665 |
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