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Saturday's Powerball jackpot moves to $295,000,000; 2 second prize tickets sold
Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2024 01:42 AM
The Powerball game jackpot increased because nobody hit all five lotto numbers and the Powerball number from Wednesday night's $275,000,000 drawing. The next jackpot went to $295,000,000 for Saturday night's drawing. The lump-sum cash payout stands at $$147.9 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, October 2nd, 2024 were 01-02-21-37-43 with Power Ball number 21. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 19 draws since Wednesday, August 21st, 2024. A single lucky player from CA walked away with 44,000,000 top prize in Monday, August 19th, 2024 drawing.
While the jackpot was not hit Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with large winnings. There were 2 lucky tickets matched the first 5 lotto numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the 2nd prize. The 2 lucky ticket(s) sold in IL(1) and IN(1), each won 1 million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Other major winners Wednesday evening included 9 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. 4 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that multiplied the prize 4 times to $40,000 cash! Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 243 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $100. 85 additional players not just matched 4 white ball, but also purchased the Power Play option, double the winnings to a total win of $200 each! There were 700 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and also won $100. 244 additional players not just matched 3+1, but additionally purchased the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 prize tiers, there were 506,367 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 drawing.
Powerball lottery can be played in 42 states, D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. To play, choose 5 numbers from a set of 69 then pick 1 Powerball number from a set of 26. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Power Play, which increases the winnings except jackpot. The overall odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of matching all six Powerball numbers are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments in 29 years. Winners can select one-time lump sum cash payout option 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 New York(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $275,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 27 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 62 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,486 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,251 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 9,251 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 21,491 |
| Wed Oct 02, 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 | $150,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 9 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 15 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 309 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 269 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 1,751 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 3,916 |
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