Lottery players across the nation will be celebrating the holiday weekend with parades, picnics, and Powerball.
No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesdays Powerball drawing, driving the jackpot to an estimated $140 million. Thats the largest current lottery jackpot in the world and the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The cash option for the Saturday, August 30 drawing will be an estimated $72.7 million.
There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 713,248 Powerball players across the nation won a total of more than $6.2 million in prizes in Americas Game.
The numbers drawn were: 24, 31, 36, 42, 46, and the Powerball was 32. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Eleven players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The winning tickets were sold in Arizona, Delaware, Indiana (2), Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. The winning South Carolina player purchased the Power Play option. By spending the extra dollar, that player multiplied their prize by 5 for a total win of $500,000!
I'm guessing $175m if no winner.