Only second time in past year to reach $200M
By Todd Northrop
There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Saturday was the 10th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.
The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $105.2 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery games.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, five lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from Florida, 2 from Maryland, 1 from North Carolina, and 1 from Texas. None of the second-place tickets were purchased with the Power Play option — if they were, those tickets would be worth $1 million.
48 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 2 also were purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize by 4 for a total cash prize of $40,000.
The Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, May 28, were 12, 20, 43, 51, and 55, with Powerball number 11. The Power Play number was 4.
Wednesday's drawing will be only the second time in the past year that players are vying for a $200 million jackpot. On April 6, 2011, one ticket sold in Indiana snagged a $218 million Powerball jackpot. But one would have to look all the way back to June 2, 2010 to find the last jackpot greater than $200 million. In that drawing, one ticket sold in Ohio won a $261.6 million Powerball jackpot — the the winner claimed the prize anonymously.
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, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Powerball lottery results are published within minutes of the drawing at USA Mega.
I bought a few quick picks on last night drawing because I thought it may rollover. The jackpot is now at $200 million it is time to step my game up for Wednesday. Once you cross the $200 million mark lots of people start playing which can make the jackpot increase more if it is another rollover. Good luck to everyone.
This is where i begin to ask the Almighty God of the Universe for His Abundant Grace and Favour, because the Bible said it's not the will of Jehovah for any of us to live in lack, in any area of our life, health, finances, phisical or emotional. I pray may the God of Abraham , Issac , and Jacob BLESS ALL OF US IN EVERY AREA THAT WE LACK.
Finally the jackpot is large enough for a group play. Good luck everyone.
I'm ready. good luck everyone.
WOW - Now that's some serious CASH ++++++++
Hell, I'm happy when I win a C-note tho, so............
But, Hmmm...I think $200M is my new 'lucky' number!! Heheheee
In any event, best of luck to us ALL $$$$$$$$$
$200 million sounds good to me......
Tweak it up...!
WOW! I'm pleasantly suprised that it rolled over..... A $200 Million Jackpot will provide a lot of dreaming for people over the Memorial Day weekend! Good Luck to everyone on LP! and have a good holiday!
"None of the second-place tickets were purchased with the Power Play option — if they were, those tickets would be worth $1 million."
Yeah but at least they saved themselves a dollar!
Man, I'd be kickin' myself all up and down the mountain.
That's why I always get the multiplier. If I can't afford an extra buck a ticket, I probably shouldn't be playin' in the first place.
Its time for Maryland to have the Jackpot spotlight shining on it. Im ready to be the holder of the jackpot ticket. This is great news for everyone though. Mania is on
Won 12 dollars on the last drawing planning on using it to buy a few more numbers this week.
$200,000,000; I'll take it!
I'm already heated up!
Come on $200 Million!
Pennsylvania is due for a big winner ......... who is short like me!
Depends, if the winning ticket was one of the extra tickets you bought because you didn't spend the extra dollars for PowerPlay on fewer tickets then you might not.
I can see your point if someone is getting a lot of tickets or simply wants to double what he can get while staying within his budget by skipping the multiplier.
But in my case I only get two per drawing and sometimes a couple more.
And since they changed the 2nd place prize to a million with the multiplier, I haven't gotten a ticket without it.
I think I could settle for $200M!! Let's do it!
Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Aren't the drawings at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time? Don't miss the drawings if you don't have to!
OMG
I bought the winning ticket today. Yeehaw!
Thank You for your kind donation
to MY WINNINGS !!
With a PowerBall jackpot of $200M waiting to be won on Wednesday and Ohio Classic Lotto having a Memorial Day drawing for $32.9M, picking combinations for those games next drawings is a great way to spend part of the holiday week-end.
I'd be kickin' myself up and down the mountain too.
Uhhhhh...well, there is no mountain where I live. Uhhhhh.....up and down the street???
Yeah, I always megaply and powerplay.
Good point. Our pool at work won $103 on PB last night. I never play powerplay when I buy tics for the pool....but there's 10 of us and we each kick in a dollar for each draw. But when I buy my own tics, I usually only play one line, or once in a while 2 lines, and I always play powerplay/megaply.
My sister lives in Ohio, so when I go there, I always pick up $20 in Classic Lotto tickets. I don't have any plans to go up any time soon, so it'll probably get hit before then. However, I also bought the winning Hoosier Lotto ticket, which is at $21 million. lol
Remember the Albany 7 where 5 co-workers opted out on a $319 Mega Million lottery jackpot.I don't want to hear about that again.Buy your Power Ball tickets!.Now,if I can only buy a Power Ball ticket here in California!.
Yeah, rdgrnr, I think the same way on the topic of the 'multiplier,' for both the Powerball and Megamillions games. It's a type of insurance to my rational. Even though my intention is to win the jackpot; which would be unaffected by this insurance.
Wishing all U.S.A. members a reflective Memorial Day!
Megamillions just hit, so I'm hoping peeps kick in a few extra dollars on the Powerball instead and get the JP up a little faster.
I've been buying the multiplier on PB ever since they started paying out an automatic million for the 5+0. I'm pretty sure when the Mega first came to Idaho, the 5+0 was dependent on the multiplier, but I noticed a few days ago it's now also an automatic million. So I guess I'm gonna have to pony up the extra dollar for those tickets now too. $250,000 would be a nice bonus and would buy some nice stuff but it's not really a life changing amount after taxes, whereas a million AT would definitely change my life.
I'm young with not too many respondsibilities at the moment and ppl waste way more money on other things like beats by dr dre head phones iphone 4's ect so since being i don't make a boat load of purchases like that, I like I'll CHANCE $2000.00 bucks (yes 2000.00) on a CHANCE of A LIFE TIME CHANGING ANNUITY bc at 23 in 15 payments in the state of Louisiana and at age 38 I would've have cleared 70 million dollars after taxes!!! talk about LIFE CHANGING?! Beats by Dr Dre Headphones 299.99 Iphone 4 499.99 Mac Book Pro 1499.99. Winning the Powerball @200Million @23 PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YoungNRich, let me be the first to say, spending 2 grand on Powerball is not a good idea. If you are going to spend that much on a lottery, at least pick one where the reward and risk ratio makes more sense. That is, pick a lottery with a good expected value. When one spends one or two dollars on a game, it is not a big deal on which game to choose (even though you should still pick the one with the best expected value). But spending 2 grand demands more careful choice.
My lottery groups often spend 2 grand on one draw but I always do the research and make sure we pick the right game and draw.
Please reconsider. Not knowing which games you have to choose from, I would say off hand, pick your local state game. Even scratch offs are a better buy for you when spending 2 grand.
Good luck in your choice.
Great! yesterday I couldnt play and glad that no one won the jackpot. there will be only a one winner for the $200,000,000 on next Wednesday
and that muthafuka is ME
best of luck. i'm hoping it will come to tn. then maybe i can win the PB in tn. i fell i will win. best of luck to you. it's on it'on
sorry pharaoh it's me. the best of luck. tn is due a winner
Agreed, PA has been lacking in any real wins on PB or Mega, Bout time we gain some love since we are a high contributing state .
I RARELY power up as 99% of the time when I buy five lines I get nuffin, why double the loss? Seriously If I win 200k I am okay with that, I dont live on what could have been but what is, and I is gonna win!!! Which is 66 million cash in pocket after all taxes paid!
Have you noticed that Harold Camping's predictions has been wrong about 200 times less than yours?
Harold Camping does not buy lottery tickets for two reasons.
1. He will not be around to spend the money.
2. His friends sent him $18 million last year. And millions more in the previous years.
Everybody already knows about your lottery pool scams in the past little guy.
Nobody's gonna risk sending money out of the country to YOU.
$2000 on a power ball drawing might not be as bad as you project. If the powerballs are evenly distributed among 2000 picks then the winning one will hit 51 times guaranteeing $153 back. The over odds are he will win at least 56 lower tier prizes for $219.
5.57 3/5+0 X $7 = $39
2.54 2/5+B X $7 = $18
16.2 1/5+B X $4 = $65
32.4 0/5+B X $3 = $97
YoungNRich could even have a strategy that would guarantee him even more of his $2000 back using powerplay. At worst his odds aren't any worst than a pool playing that amount. I'm assuming he has run some simulations of his betting strategy.
I will remind you again of the Lottery Post rules:
No personal attacks.Criticize ideas, not people. Flaming will not be tolerated. This includes any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws.
Maybe I'll play another set of numbers tomorrow. The special the NY Lottery is running (free $2 Quick Pick with a Powerball purchase of $10) ends tomorrow anyway—might as well!
Thanks for the heads up coolbick. I am going to try to get some New York tickets for the June 1 draw. They had the same special back in January when the jackpot was $380 million and I got $20 worth of free Powerball tickets. It is a great deal.
Look out Powerball ................... I spent my $1 .................. gonna win big!
At 25 witrh A LOT of resonsibility if i had 2000 to blow i would need to buy lottery tickets.
Mario38,
Interesting. You make that comment to rdgrnr and not thePharoah. More interesting about not violating any laws if you indeed have asked peole to send money across national bordewrs to Canada for lotto.
RJOh,
"$2000 on a power ball drawing might not be as bad as you project. If the powerballs are evenly distributed among 2000 picks then the winning one will hit 51 times guaranteeing $153 back. The over odds are he will win at least 56 lower tier prizes for $219."
Gee, I never figured you for an Enron accountant. Let's see, $219 and a whole bunch of I hope so's after a $2000 buy-in? Naw.
Coin Toss, I am not asking anyone to send me money. But, for the sake of argument, which specific law are you referring to?
Yes, thePharoah did use an inappropriate term and I do not defend it but at least it was not directed towards another member as a personal attack. The rule I quoted is in reference to personal attacks.
2 grand on powerball tickets? Let us know how this turns out if you decide to do it.
The most I ever spent on the lotto was $140 on the Oregon MegaBucks. The odds of winning the top prize is about 1 out of 12 million, if you only buy one ticket. You get 2 plays for a dollar, so I had 280 tickets. I ended up not breaking even. I think this goes to show you, the most important thing you need to win is LUCK.
thats suppose to say wouldn"t need to buy tickets
if you got 2k to spend blow this year
i highly remd you just buy 39 tickets at a time, 1 ticket with each diff powerball. and do it over the year for all high jackpots
see it as buying 39 tickets, when it only cost you 36 bucks! , as you Have to have at lest a 3 buck winner if you play ever single <snip> powerball number!
am just saying, if your going to spend a lot, it makes sense do it around mega balls or powerballs for pb, as its best bang for your buck. odd wise
i highly hold back on spending 2k, and spread it around to all high jackpots coming this year. but up to you, gl whatever you spend
as for my self, i play on getting about 3 tickets lol, if it rolls into 300m range i up it to 5 to 10 bucks maybe. if it ever turns into a powerball record, easy 36 tickets with every powerball and 1 qp for cheery on top hell of it,
thro poor powerball cant break any real records
if it keeps rolling that is, no chance in hell can't ever beat 240m cash jackpot Mega millions holds form this year
, PB jackpot cap would kick in and doom it right as it gets near breaking world records, thro i hope one of you wins or i do, and if not, It better freaking roll LOL
I reviewed the rules little guy.
You're safe.
There's not a word about posting while stupid.
Don't waste your time. Clueless individuals are impossible to talk to.
I'll remain in bliss the remainder of my physical days here while sharing, spending, and investing this big jackpot win!
Well, we went and got our tickets for the big PBall drawing..Can't wait! Played the usual 3 sets of numbers and some quick picks w/ & w/out powerplay...
By golly, I believe we have the waterfront covered...A little bit of this & a little bit of that...
It's so funny too, sometimes when I get these "feelings" that steer my lotto-decisions...lol.....Just wondering tho, when are they gonna pan out :-) Hahaa
Happy Memorial Day & Much Thanks To Our Brave Veterans!!
And obnoxious people from stone-age cultures are never quite clear on the concept.
The concept of letting people believe what they want to believe.
They think they have a right to tell everybody what to believe.
And if they can't beat you with sticks in the streets, they'll persecute you and ridicule you online until you believe what they tell you to believe or just shut up about your beliefs.
Joker is our little religious police enforcer with a Napoleonic complex.
He won't tolerate any mention of God or especially Jesus on this site and if you disagree with anything he says, you're a racist.
How dare anybody on this site not believe what he believes?
You will submit to our little ayatollah.
He knows what's best for everybody to believe.
Gee, I never figured you for an Enron accountant. Let's see, $219 and a whole bunch of I hope so's after a $2000 buy-in? Naw.
I never claimed to be an accountant, just a lottery player with a realistic expectation of what can be won with $2000 worth of PB tickets.
First of all, I was replying to mario, not you...
I believe you are the one who gets bent out of shape when someone replies to a post concerning religion or God.
It's YOU who wants to censor what I can say or not say.
Guess what, as long as you can respond to a post, so can I, so either get used to it, or get over it....Too bad !
When I start taking orders or advice from midget cab drivers you won't be one of them, pal.
Get over yourself, Napoleon.
I was responding to the mindless little twit too.
So what?
And the last freakin person I take orders from won't be from a delusional brainwashed robot who can't think for itself....
I remind you once again of the Lottery Post rules:
No Personal Attacks
Criticize ideas, not people. Flaming will not be tolerated. This includes any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws.
*Grabs Popcorn*
LOL -
I'm gonna plug my laptop in..don't wanna miss anything!
I'm with ya'll. Sittin' on the sidelines..
You need to calm down little guy.
You're so emotional!
I'm gonna send you a case of those little Christmas tree air fresheners for your cab as a good will gesture to calm you down.
This cab driver has more common sense in one of his nostril hairs than you'll ever have in your entire so called brain.
Maybe If you pray hard enough, the tooth fairy will replace some of them missing teeth of yours.
You're right, I should make it at least two cases.
I'm picturing you and a stinky old cab in South Florida at 98 degrees? Phew! Stinky Poo! Oooooooo weeeeeeeee!
I'll tell you what, I'm gonna send three cases of Christmas Tree Air Fresheners, a gallon of Pimp Oil, and some soap, bubble bath and deodorant for you.
Will that calm you down?
Hey Gang, just wondering...In order to do a PM, do I need to be a Premium Member?
Just needing a heads-up kuz I responded to a PM, but it disappeared :-) Thanks -
Coming from a backward redneck racist hypocrite who drinks himself to death and then turns around preaching about God. Maybe you should look in the mirror before you call me racist names while sitting on your high horse.
I thought your God doesn't allow a human like yourself (loosely speaking in this case) to pollute your holy temple with booze....hypocrite...!
No you don't have to be a Premium Member.
No, you don't need to be a platinum member. However, it is strange that it disappeared...
Thanks -
And thank you, too..
A nice LP'er "Test-PM'd" me a few times, so I think I got a handle on it now...lol..
You've never heard me preach about God.
All I ask is that Americans who profess a faith or belief in this or any other forum be allowed to do it without somebody from Iran of all places telling them how stupid they are for doing it.
Is that too much to ask, little ayatollah?
And BTW, it's YOUR people who are forbidden to drink, dumdum, not Christians.
Jesus used to turn water into wine, remember?
I love you know-it-alls who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground but want everybody to believe your nonsense.
Christians are all sinners and I am chief among them. Few have sinned as much as me.
Nobody can be perfect like you.
But then I guess that's why you're getting 72 virgins for a huge orgy when you get to wherever you people go.
Will you get to beat the virgins there too?
CashWinner$, you need to be a premium member to see the Sent Items folder. That it, the folder that contains all the emails you sent to other members.
Thanks Mario! :-)
You preach your crap here as If you know the end all.
And I also ask that as an American citizen like myself, that I can respond to a post about anything, not just religion and not be scrutinized by a jackass racist loser like you.
What a dumbass you are. I know the Bible better than you, the know it all...If you ever read your Bible, you'd know that it is forbidden to drink in excess. It says it as clear as day. Drunkards are frowned upon. I knew you'd twist it around to benefit your alchoholism.
Also, in your Bible it says that Jesus turned water into wine, but never said you can drink it till your head spins. And if you bother to read the Bible it says that your body is a holy temple, and not to defile it with anything, including alchohol abuse.
You're not only a hypocrite, you're an ignorant hypocrite. Quit while your NOT ahead...
I'm gonna win
$200,000,000!
I'm not playing. Too much publicity.
If you've got a Bible, you probably use it to see over the steering wheel in your stink mobile.
Sorry to steal your thunder again but I guess you ignored my admission to being a sinner because it didn't fit in with your lecture series. I said I am chief among sinners. You'll find few more reprobate than me. Clean out your ears, junior, I'm sending soap. Don't forget under your arms either, ooooooooo weeeeeeeeee!
I see, you're like the Catholics who go to confession, only to start their sinning all over again the following week, knowing that next Sunday they can go into the booth and spill their guts, knowing they can go about their usual way the following week. A never ending cycle. So i was right, you're a hypocrite.
A true Christian will confess their sins and won't go back to their sinful lives. If they stumble along the way every so often, they get back on their feet and try to do better.
But you don't fit in that category. You boast about how you guzzle that poison on a daily basis, all day long....so don't feed me that crap about being a sinner. Try it on someone else !!!!!!!!!!!
Now you're an expert on Catholics too. Amazing.
I know you didn't learn all this wealth of knowledge by joining them because they wouldn't let you run your daughters over with your car or shoot them for "acting too western."
I guess you just became an expert on all things by osmosis or something.
But you're still the same lying, gutless, spineless coward.
WE interrupt this online spat for an important message-
THe powerball will have winners, and some may be sinners, its a part of being human, we make mistakes, and hopefully learn from them.
We now go back to our regularly scheduled spat...Thank you!
I'm no expert, but at least I've done some of my homework, unlike you who doesn't even know his own Bible. It's kinda sad that someone like me knows the Bible better than the crap you spout. I know what Catholics do, I had friends who were Catholic and told me the nonsense that goes on after the Sunday services.
You are definitely so out of touch, it's disgusting....RACIST !
Better go do your homework, you fat racist.
LMAO $
Yeah, whatever, but uh... did you take a bath yet?
Excuse me, but I'm Catholic and I'm becoming severly offended by this.
What nonsense? Sunday dinner?
Please, joker17, leave Catholics out of your hate rant.
Good luck on the $200 Million, Piaceri.
Did you ever get over to Cut & Shoot for tickets?
Thanks rdgrnr, same to you.
I did get over to Cut & Shoot, but no luck there. Too busy to make the drive before this drawing, but if it rolls, I'll make a drive out on Saturday so we can have a PB winner from Cut & Shoot Texas!
Alright!
You'll hear my Yeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaa! all the way from Tennessee!