$214 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again

Nov 15, 2012, 7:50 am (54 comments)

Powerball

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 $214 million for Saturday's drawing.

Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.  The jackpot run started October 6 as a $40 million jackpot.

The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $143 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.

Although there were no jackpot winners Wednesday, 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Minnesota and 1 from Washington.  None of the second-prize winners purchased the Power Play option. If they had, their second-prize win would have automatically doubled to $2 million.

52 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 3 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $40,000.

The Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, November 14, were 8, 10, 30, 44, and 58, with Powerball number 13.

Following the Wednesday drawing, the Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was raised $29 million from its previous amount of $185 million. The cash value was raised by $19.3 million, from its previous amount of $123.7 million.

The next Powerball drawing will take place Saturday night at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.

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 10:59 pm 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

Comments

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

To be honest I prefer winning Maddog's Challenge.

To be recognized among fellow experts and veterans is an honor far more noteworthy that coming out on top from the slums of Quick Pickers and other random players.

mcginnin56

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

To be honest I prefer winning Maddog's Challenge.

To be recognized among fellow experts and veterans is an honor far more noteworthy that coming out on top from the slums of Quick Pickers and other random players.

I Agree!  Besides that's far too much cash to deal with.  Angry

            Who needs that hassle? I think most people are here just for the challenge of predicting the numbers. 

            Now back to my picks for Friday.  Type

magic 007

I see a lovely Thanksgiving in the horizon......

Piaceri

PAAARRRRTAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

DancePartyHurray!PartyBananaPartyHyperPartyDance

 

White Bounce

Piaceri

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

To be honest I prefer winning Maddog's Challenge.

To be recognized among fellow experts and veterans is an honor far more noteworthy that coming out on top from the slums of Quick Pickers and other random players.

Party pooper.  Chair

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

Quote: Originally posted by Piaceri on Nov 15, 2012

Party pooper.  Chair

I'm going to play your number of posts to date and PARTY off the winings. How's that?

dpoly1's avatardpoly1

$107,250,000 wire transfer to a very lucky winner in Pennsylvania, after 25% Federal Witholding!

Jingle $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Noel

Coin Toss's avatarCoin Toss

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

To be honest I prefer winning Maddog's Challenge.

To be recognized among fellow experts and veterans is an honor far more noteworthy that coming out on top from the slums of Quick Pickers and other random players.

You bet your mind, you lose your mind.

-Casino maxim

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

P***ed I dunno which is worse this dammed cold/flu or that nobody won last night

gocart1's avatargocart1

Quote: Originally posted by Piaceri on Nov 15, 2012

PAAARRRRTAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

DancePartyHurray!PartyBananaPartyHyperPartyDance

 

White Bounce

I Agree!

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by Piaceri on Nov 15, 2012

PAAARRRRTAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

DancePartyHurray!PartyBananaPartyHyperPartyDance

 

White Bounce

Hi Pia! How about a Tailgate Party at Giants Stadium? That's what I'm going to do. C'mon POWERBALL!!!!

tailgate party

RJOh's avatarRJOh

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

To be honest I prefer winning Maddog's Challenge.

To be recognized among fellow experts and veterans is an honor far more noteworthy that coming out on top from the slums of Quick Pickers and other random players.

Some people are happy to win anything even if all they get are bragging rights.  Good luck on your next Maddog's Challenge.

LottoGuyBC's avatarLottoGuyBC

$214M+ Turkey

Piaceri

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

I'm going to play your number of posts to date and PARTY off the winings. How's that?

Go for it! Send me a pics of you buried in greenbacks partying. Dance

Piaceri

Too damm cold. Tailgating at Reliant for the Texans! Whoooooo!!!!!!!

PartyPartyPartyParty

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

Mcginnin - Someone finally gets it! Skeptical

 

RJoh -Working on a new srategy as we speak. Going for a "great call" this Saturday Type

 

Piaceri - Posts at the time were 586. Off by one in box play. Florida brought 956 Thud

mcginnin56

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

Mcginnin - Someone finally gets it! Skeptical

 

RJoh -Working on a new srategy as we speak. Going for a "great call" this Saturday Type

 

Piaceri - Posts at the time were 586. Off by one in box play. Florida brought 956 Thud

Wink

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

$214 Million sounds good to me........White Bounce

Win$500Quick's avatarWin$500Quick

Florida is overdue for a Powerball winner. I hope we get a winner soon.

Ronnie316

Quote: Originally posted by Win$500Quick on Nov 15, 2012

Florida is overdue for a Powerball winner. I hope we get a winner soon.

They are doing voodoo rain dances at PB HQ trying to make the JP rise to above $500k.

Artist77's avatarArtist77

Quote: Originally posted by mcginnin56 on Nov 15, 2012

I Agree!  Besides that's far too much cash to deal with.  Angry

            Who needs that hassle? I think most people are here just for the challenge of predicting the numbers. 

            Now back to my picks for Friday.  Type

I Agree!

It all comes down to number theory and our belief that there are no truly random sets of numbers.

mcginnin56

Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Nov 15, 2012

I Agree!

It all comes down to number theory and our belief that there are no truly random sets of numbers.

Thank you friend, I now feel completed with that generous assertion!   Love

Original Bey's avatarOriginal Bey

Quote: Originally posted by Ronnie316 on Nov 15, 2012

They are doing voodoo rain dances at PB HQ trying to make the JP rise to above $500k.

ROFL

weshar75's avatarweshar75

Oregon has only three winners in it's history.  So we are due for a win since we need to catch up with indiana they have a boat load of powerball winners.  Good luck to me and Oregon!-weshar75

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Piaceri

Quote: Originally posted by Original Bey on Nov 15, 2012

Mcginnin - Someone finally gets it! Skeptical

 

RJoh -Working on a new srategy as we speak. Going for a "great call" this Saturday Type

 

Piaceri - Posts at the time were 586. Off by one in box play. Florida brought 956 Thud

Oh so close! Try again! This should be post #589. Banana

Piaceri

Quote: Originally posted by weshar75 on Nov 15, 2012

Oregon has only three winners in it's history.  So we are due for a win since we need to catch up with indiana they have a boat load of powerball winners.  Good luck to me and Oregon!-weshar75

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weshar - Texas hasn't had a PB yet. They did have a $2m winner in the draw on the 10th. Getting close.

Ronnie316

Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Nov 15, 2012

I Agree!

It all comes down to number theory and our belief that there are no truly random sets of numbers.

I like this idea of "number theory" and no such thing as "truly random sets of numbers"

Simba774

Thanksgiving never looked so good.  It maybe cold outside, but I'm going to be on fire saturday.Cool

jamella724

Really, really, really huge amount, if there is no winner for last Wednesday's jakpot draw, then hopefully every body will get their tickets as early as now to prepare for next draw.  Definitely, I will purchase more tickets with different number combinations randomly picked by a software...Good luck to me and goodluck to everyone.

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