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.
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.
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.
I see a lovely Thanksgiving in the horizon......
PAAARRRRTAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Party pooper.
I'm going to play your number of posts to date and PARTY off the winings. How's that?
$107,250,000 wire transfer to a very lucky winner in Pennsylvania, after 25% Federal Witholding!
Jingle $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
You bet your mind, you lose your mind.
-Casino maxim
Hi Pia! How about a Tailgate Party at Giants Stadium? That's what I'm going to do. C'mon POWERBALL!!!!
Some people are happy to win anything even if all they get are bragging rights. Good luck on your next Maddog's Challenge.
$214M+
Go for it! Send me a pics of you buried in greenbacks partying.
Too damm cold. Tailgating at Reliant for the Texans! Whoooooo!!!!!!!
Mcginnin - Someone finally gets it!
RJoh -Working on a new srategy as we speak. Going for a "great call" this Saturday
Piaceri - Posts at the time were 586. Off by one in box play. Florida brought 956
$214 Million sounds good to me........
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.
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!
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
Oh so close! Try again! This should be post #589.
weshar - Texas hasn't had a PB yet. They did have a $2m winner in the draw on the 10th. Getting close.
I like this idea of "number theory" and no such thing as "truly random sets of numbers"
Thanksgiving never looked so good. It maybe cold outside, but I'm going to be on fire saturday.
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.
It's time for Louisiana to hit this one........ even if it takes thirty minutes just to drive to get one. Good luck everyone who will be playing for Saturdays drawing.
If your going to drive 30 minutes you may want to get 5 or 10, not just one.... lol. lol.
That's the plan lol
indiana
Dubuque, Iowa winner on Saturday
Right state,wrong city!
Welcome to Lottery Post,conduit.
New Jersey is well over due in the multi state games, I got my $3 in the pot!!!
Thank you.
Been browsing the site and forum for over an year, and decided to join and let everyone know where the winner will be ;)
Good luck everybody!
Ohio is long overdue for a MEGA MILLION/POWEBALL jackpot!
This one will hit Painesville, Ohio, on Saturday, and I will be turning my ticket in first thing Monday morning. No waiting for cpa, financial planners, lawyers, vacation escape routes..blah, blah, blah.
COLLECT FIRST... WORRY LATER! LO L
Just in time for X-MaS shopping! I have an expensive wish list for SANTA CLAUS!!!
just so no googly moogly person/s win
the only g
gly m
gly ones here are Mcginnin56,rdg and you , Dpoly1
$98 million after initial taxes. Yes it is a lot of money but I always said the olny difference between $10 and $100 million OS the amour I give away so I will cut down by probaly $15-$20 million. Still more money than I can make myself spend. Gonna be a very merry Christmas for me (crosses fingers).
Well, then, only googly moogly gets to win!
Someones ready to win. Thats gotta be your eighth mug.
lol. One drink makes me sad.....
And I need another drink to make me happy..........
And then I start over again..... .
And again....And again....And again....And again....
Nice post, the best. Great help to me, thank you.
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