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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | $174 MILLION: Tomorrow's Powerball lottery jackpot red hot Powerball: $174 MILLION: Tomorrow's Powerball lottery jackpot red hot52 Rating:By Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $174 million, with a cash option of $110 million. Saturday night was the 10th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Idaho, 1 from Iowa, and 1 from North Carolina. None of the second prize tickets was purchased with the Power Play option. 42 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 7 also were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $40,000. The Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, September 19, were 1, 5, 8, 39, and 50, with Powerball number 23. The last Powerball jackpot to reach or exceed the size of the upcoming Saturday drawing was last month, on August 15, when Donald Lawson, a Railroad Engineer from Lapeer, Michigan, won $337 million and chose to take the cash option of $224.7 million — the largest Powerball cash payout in the history of the game. (See Michigan railroad engineer claims $337M Powerball lottery jackpot, Lottery Post, August 31, 2012.) A total of 694,712 tickets across the USA won more than $7.9 million in prizes playing "America's Game" Wednesday. 108,142 of those winning tickets were purchased with the Power Play option, which increased their prizes up to 4 times. When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, any non-jackpot prize is increased by a set amount. For example, second-place Power Play-enabled tickets matching five numbers but not the Powerball are increased from $1 million to $2 million. 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. 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. 76 comments. Last comment 8 months ago by . United States Member #128383 May 22, 2012 158 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 10:22 am - IP Logged | |
Ching ching! The bubble is getting bigger again. The lottery is NOT a tax on the poor. By calling it a tax, you are calling it mandatory, which is what taxes are. But the lottery is NOT mandatory, therefore calling it a tax highly inaccurate. | | |
Dutchess , NY United States Member #121976 January 21, 2012 1345 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 10:40 am - IP Logged | |
The Superbowl is "Americas game". Powerball is Uncle Sams game.  and make your last check bounce.
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5+1 Winner Arizona United States Member #116287 September 7, 2011 14762 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 10:42 am - IP Logged | |
Ah.....The wonders of the voluntary tax system. | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12446 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:17 pm - IP Logged | |
Hmmm, looks like only a little over 15.5% of players played the Power Play option. I guess I'm in the minority. But I know if I was one of those 42 players who got 4+1, I'd sure be glad to be one of the seven of them who spent the extry buck to get 40k instead of 10k. And even as unlikely as it is, you're waaaaay more likely to hit 4+1 (1 in 648,976) than the Jackpot (1 in 175,223,510). | | |
Nutley, New Jersey United States Member #131067 August 1, 2012 577 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:39 pm - IP Logged | |
who's going to win this time? a califorian or a new yorker? | | |
mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 15953 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:44 pm - IP Logged | |
If nobody wins Saturday a few more of those players who are reluctant to spend $2 on a ticket will be buying a PB ticket for Tuesday's drawing. I was one and already I'm giving up buying 20 MM tickets tonight to buy 10 PB tickets for tomorrow. * The fundamentals of winning a lottery jackpot *
* play a lottery you can win *
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Eatontown, NJ United States Member #119687 November 29, 2011 317 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:49 pm - IP Logged | |
who's going to win this time? a califorian or a new yorker? Hey Ballz, I'm hoping it's one of us in New Jersey! Let's split it between Nutley and Eatontown, eh?  | | |
British Columbia Canada Member #116120 September 4, 2011 2440 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:54 pm - IP Logged | |
"You have to be in it to win it!" | | |
mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 15953 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 12:55 pm - IP Logged | |
who's going to win this time? a califorian or a new yorker? California doesn't have PowerBall, if a Californian wins it he will have brought his ticket out of state, maybe in New York. * The fundamentals of winning a lottery jackpot *
* play a lottery you can win *
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Eatontown, NJ United States Member #119687 November 29, 2011 317 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 1:33 pm - IP Logged | |
Hmmm, looks like only a little over 15.5% of players played the Power Play option. I guess I'm in the minority. But I know if I was one of those 42 players who got 4+1, I'd sure be glad to be one of the seven of them who spent the extry buck to get 40k instead of 10k. And even as unlikely as it is, you're waaaaay more likely to hit 4+1 (1 in 648,976) than the Jackpot (1 in 175,223,510). I hear you Ridge. I'd like to double down with the power play but I just can't afford it. I play both MM and PB on every drawing so it gets expensive besides, I've never won more than $7.00 on any game. No confidence. | | |
Ridge Runner - Oracle of the Appalachians Way back up in them dadgum hills, son! United States Member #74415 April 28, 2009 12446 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 2:25 pm - IP Logged | |
I hear you Ridge. I'd like to double down with the power play but I just can't afford it. I play both MM and PB on every drawing so it gets expensive besides, I've never won more than $7.00 on any game. No confidence. I can see not playing the Power Play if you're buying a lot of tickets, that it could become cost prohibitive but I only play two lines so it's worth it to me. I'm in on every drawing too and I think I'd be pissed if I won 10k, knowing that another buck would have made it 40k. But then I'm always swingin' for the fences. Good luck! | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 961 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 2:51 pm - IP Logged | |
If nobody wins Saturday a few more of those players who are reluctant to spend $2 on a ticket will be buying a PB ticket for Tuesday's drawing. I was one and already I'm giving up buying 20 MM tickets tonight to buy 10 PB tickets for tomorrow. The Powerball drawings are Wednesdays and Saturday. I am hoping to wake up sunday a very happy man so I will buy in. Goodluck players | | |
St. Pete Beach, Fl United States Member #131707 August 16, 2012 38 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 3:50 pm - IP Logged | |
Hmmm, looks like only a little over 15.5% of players played the Power Play option. I guess I'm in the minority. But I know if I was one of those 42 players who got 4+1, I'd sure be glad to be one of the seven of them who spent the extry buck to get 40k instead of 10k. And even as unlikely as it is, you're waaaaay more likely to hit 4+1 (1 in 648,976) than the Jackpot (1 in 175,223,510). Speaking of the crazy odds, I read this one recently from another article and it just cracks me up: "...a person who drives 10 miles to buy a Powerball ticket is 16 times more likely to die in a car crash than to win the big jackpot." I'm still convinced I'm gonna hit the jackpot though dammit!!! LOL!!  | | |
United States Member #72957 March 18, 2009 776 Posts Offline | | Posted: September 21, 2012, 5:25 pm - IP Logged | |
Speaking of the crazy odds, I read this one recently from another article and it just cracks me up: "...a person who drives 10 miles to buy a Powerball ticket is 16 times more likely to die in a car crash than to win the big jackpot." I'm still convinced I'm gonna hit the jackpot though dammit!!! LOL!! Good. It's probably in your best interest to remain a "convinced" gambler.  Having millions of dollars in my financial accounts means more, consistent fun for me.
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