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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | $205 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges Powerball: $205 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges51 Rating:By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $205 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started April 28 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $139.6 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery games. Players should note that jackpot amounts are conservative estimates provided by the lotteries, and are often somewhat higher by the time the drawing occurs. Just as there were no jackpot winners Wednesday, there were also no winners of the $1 million second prize, which players can win by matching all five numbers but not the Powerball. 37 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 9 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $40,000. The Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, June 6, were 19, 30, 33, 48, and 59, with Powerball number 27. When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, any non-jackpot prize is increased according to a fixed prize schedule, which can be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega, as well as on the Powerball Prize Payouts page at Lottery Post. Powerball is now played in 42 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each. The Powerball winning numbers are published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) minutes after the drawing takes place. Lottery Post Staff We'd love to see your comments here! Register for a FREE membership — it takes just a few moments — and you'll be able to post comments here and on any of our forums. If you're already a member, you can Log In to post a comment. 59 comments. Last comment 11 months ago by . Monkey Butt, USA United States Member #55038 August 23, 2007 1120 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 10:17 am - IP Logged | |
OH geez........ Here we go again.........  | | |
Housekeeper MICHIGAN United States Member #82269 October 28, 2009 13150 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 10:22 am - IP Logged | |
Nice number, playing it in the 3 digit also. | | |
nc United States Member #99550 October 26, 2010 192 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 12:12 pm - IP Logged | |
Well, I am sitting this one out. Good luck to everyone who guys a ticket. | | |
California United States Member #61999 May 25, 2008 65 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 12:18 pm - IP Logged | |
I wonder what the conspiracy theorists will say if this jackpot "conveniently" gets to a half billion+ only a couple months after MM. Already regretting delurking... | | |
British Columbia Canada Member #116120 September 4, 2011 2448 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 12:33 pm - IP Logged | |
Nut Nut 
"You have to be in it to win it!" | | |
Oklahoma United States Member #82920 November 12, 2009 3469 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 1:27 pm - IP Logged | |
$205 Million sounds good to me.... Win BIG everyone..... I Love Pink & Green....1908 | | |
United States Member #124626 March 16, 2012 1428 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 1:51 pm - IP Logged | |
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United States Member #52818 May 21, 2007 1373 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 2:41 pm - IP Logged | |
I wonder what the conspiracy theorists will say if this jackpot "conveniently" gets to a half billion+ only a couple months after MM.  lets not even go thar
after last night's ticket am already starting to think we might be heading that direction yet again | | |
United States Member #72957 March 18, 2009 777 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 4:46 pm - IP Logged | |
$205 Million sounds good to me....  in my brain, it would be plenty, after Federal and State Income Taxes (and tax deductable donations), for me and 3 of the adults that I have in my thoughts to share it evenly! Spending the $21M each, in enjoyable ways monthly, until we each potentially live to 100 years of age (argh) either together or apart.
Having millions of dollars in my financial accounts means more, consistent fun for me.
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Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 968 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 5:32 pm - IP Logged | |
I think I've spent about $20 since powerball increased the ticket price in january. I am tempted to stay away but about $100M after taxes is motivation enough to spend $2. Good luck everybody. Maybe somebody can play my numbers 19,23,31,47,56 & (13) and win when I win. I have played these numbers for more than 5 years. | | |
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I think I've spent about $20 since powerball increased the ticket price in january. I am tempted to stay away but about $100M after taxes is motivation enough to spend $2. Good luck everybody. Maybe somebody can play my numbers 19,23,31,47,56 & (13) and win when I win. I have played these numbers for more than 5 years. I will play those numbers tomorrow, what the hell.....2 bucks. Any particular meaning to the #'s?  I like the 56 and 13, and already play those among my regular numbers. | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 968 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 5:42 pm - IP Logged | |
I will play those numbers tomorrow, what the hell.....2 bucks. Any particular meaning to the #'s? I like the 56 and 13, and already play those among my regular numbers. The numbers have no meaning at all. They are just random and meaningless. I got them when I first purchased season tickets and asked for quick pics. | | |
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The numbers have no meaning at all. They are just random and meaningless. I got them when I first purchased season tickets and asked for quick pics. Good..... I don't want anything meaningful here, just a one night stand.  | | |
PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 1280 Posts Offline | | Posted: June 7, 2012, 5:48 pm - IP Logged | |
The money keeps getting closer to where I live!
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