Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $155 million

Feb 20, 2011, 9:37 am (41 comments)

Powerball

by Todd Northrop

The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $155 million, with a cash option of $75.9 million.

The new grand prize is the largest Powerball jackpot since June 2, 2010, when one ticket from Ohio won a $262 million prize.

Saturday night was the 8th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.

Even though there were no jackpot winners, 8 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from Arkansas, 3 from Florida, 1 from Kansas, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Michigan, and 1 from Pennsylvania.

One of the second-prize tickets, from Florida, was purchased with the Power Play option, which has multiplied the ticket-holder's prize to a sizable $1 million.

38 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, nine also were purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize by 5 for a total cash prize of $50,000.

The Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, February 19, were 3, 12, 34, 37, and 42, with Powerball number 36.  The Power Play number was 5.

A total of 1,010,817 tickets across the USA won $10,157,121 in prizes playing "America's Game" Saturday night. 152,599 of those winning tickets were purchased with the Power Play option, which multiplied the prize by 5 Saturday.

When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, any non-jackpot prize is multiplied from 2-5 times, depending on a computerized random number generated that evening. Second-place Power Play-enabled tickets matching five numbers but not the Powerball are always multiplied by 5 times, for a $1 million prize.

Powerball is now played in 42 states, 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 right after every drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com).

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

sully16's avatarsully16

Congrats to the winners, now onto the jackpot.

dphillips's avatardphillips

I would take $200,000 in a heartbeat, and by the way, I always do a powerplay option.

joshuacloak's avatarjoshuacloak

49m cash option atfer full 35% tax rate applyed to 79m cash , Not a Bad jackpot....

 

with 40m invested right, i  could be getting 4m easy a year....    this jackpot could make a smart single winner rich forever

with 9m left over you could buy ever little silly thing your hearts desire,

and have more come in ever year form  dividends investments.  geez

OldSchoolPa's avatarOldSchoolPa

I HAVE A DREAM....that one day I will win either the Powerball or MegaMillions jackpot!!!  And when that dream comes true, I would live off the investment interest/dividends...don't think one can go broke by not getting involved in business deals gone bad and not touching principle.

S157855

i won 0 last night enthusiasm took a hit haha

grats to all the winners and jp is looking good

freeobama's avatarfreeobama

This jackpot belongs to me!!!Dance

dpoly1's avatardpoly1

It is time for a jackpot win in PA!

Happy to win on Wednesday!

Cool

C0w Pi3

Quote: Originally posted by dpoly1 on Feb 20, 2011

It is time for a jackpot win in PA!

Happy to win on Wednesday!

Cool

I think Delaware needs one more :D lol best of luck too all and hopefully someone here on lotterypost can take it home!!

S157855

Quote: Originally posted by C0w Pi3 on Feb 20, 2011

I think Delaware needs one more :D lol best of luck too all and hopefully someone here on lotterypost can take it home!!

nooo ohio will win it

it would be amazing if a lp member won

freeobama's avatarfreeobama

Virginia is due for a win it has been over a year since somebody hit the jackpot here, Maybe i can break the ice.Bat

waltoy's avatarwaltoy

Thanks, because i'm going ot be the  winner of $155. million, i knew my time was  going to  come, i was delayed but not denied!!!!!!, Oh how i thanks the Lord for this bessing.Banana

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by S157855 on Feb 20, 2011

i won 0 last night enthusiasm took a hit haha

grats to all the winners and jp is looking good

Roll Eyes finally got a $3 winner .... neeener neeener neeener LOL

Indeeed VA is long over due for a nice winner and Razz @ Ohio and the few other nameless states

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

LOL.... hate to bust your bubble but (I) Oklahoma will be bringing home the Powerball jackpotWink

awwcrap's avatarawwcrap

mine mine mine all mine

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