By Todd Northrop
There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $212 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Saturday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started June 27 as a $40 million jackpot.
The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $142.9 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 Saturday, 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Michigan, 1 from Missouri, 1 from New York, and 1 from North Carolina. 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.
105 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 21 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $40,000.
The Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, August 4, were 19, 30, 48, 53, and 55, with Powerball number 18.
Following the Saturday drawing, the Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was raised $31 million from its previous amount of $181 million. The cash value was raised by $19.9 million, from its previous amount of $123 million.
The next Powerball drawing will take place Wednesday evening at 10:59 pm EDT.
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.
Holy cow,its starting to grow from a small storm into that big hurricane that we all want .I wonder how high it will grow ..Best of luck to all my L.P friends this wednesday..
I'll buy my one line like I do in every PB drawing
I'm very upset that I didn't take this behemoth down last evening.
I will be redeemed however, when I hit it this Wednesday.
I'm disapointed too but you'll not hear me whine about it .........
time will spin a most curious thread soon enough and heres to hoping we break the 400 million mark
I completely agree with your assessment, but it's a bit early in the morning for me, so I asked my loving wife to do it for me!
I really don't care about the jackpot magnitude, but I would like it to keep rolling over until the 2012 Olympics are over. 6 more rollovers should have it on the cusps of record levels. That won't cause me to spend more than I would if it were just at $40 million, but it will cause me to delight in watching the hypocritical, sanctimonious Bible and Quran thumpers standing in line to buy a ticket and praying to God they have winning ticket!
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Powerball is Rollin'
starting to look good, soon i may have to risk my money over for a ticket.
McGinnin you really out to be an artist with all those great images you find. I bet you'd make a great photographer. Seriously.
time will spin a most curious thread soon enough and heres to hoping we break the 400 million mark
This jackpot level is starting to get interesting for infidels and heathens like me.
I have been sitting it out patiently, not caring much about the game, but its time to update those charts. I only need one line anyway, and I like the prospects of the improved odds in the lone ball area.
There will be increased activity in pools at work, with two days to prep and collect money. And of course with the addition of my sole dollar, i predict that if nobody wins the jackpot, the new pot will be 301 MILLION!!!
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
I think after I win this Jackpot, I'm going shopping.
I'll take one of those:
I need one of these:
It would be so nice to have one of these too:
Am I the only one who wants to win the jackpot to "finally" get major league women? I'm tired of going on blind dates with actual blind people!
Thank you Artist! Years ago I actually did a lot of photography on my own. Mainly just for myself, friends and family.
Never pursued it professionally, but I'm always intrigued by all the good subject material that's out there, just waiting to caught by some good
camera.
Maybe once I hit the PB this Wednesday, I'll consider it more seriously. It was always a lot of fun!
Your not the only one golfer! My dear wife is indeed beautiful, but I must admit I enjoy the prospect of some day finding a "major league"
woman as well. Fortunately my wife is very understanding of my needs, and may actually assist me in finding this dream woman in the future!
I'm thinking of women along these lines. Hard to find these types on the blind dates or at the singles clubs.
Mcginnin you are funny! Your wife will assist you in finding some major league women!
LOL!
The woman in the photo looks like a younger Angelina Jolie but I'm not sure. Very good!
But in order for me to attract nice looking women, I will need some plastic surgery. So I'll use my money to improve my looks a bit:
From:
Yeah, that kind of rich!!!
Angelina Jolie is hotter than the $212 Powerball Jackpot. I imagine loving Angelina Jolie.
I don't know Thrifty! That's a tough one. I think I'd take the $212M. LOL!
No doubt, she is H. O. T. !
You can have her THRIFTY, I can't bear to look at those fish lips!
Also they look like they could be dangerous in certain situations. 
I will love to be massage by Angelina Jolie's lips.
Isn't it wonderful how just a little money can transform you??!! I like the after picture golfer, and my prediction is that you will be very, very successful
in scoring with any lady of your fancy!
Best of luck, and would you consider inviting me to your wedding. 
It would feel great to turn $2 into $212 Millions. Good Luck everybody.
For sure McGinnin, you're invited to my wedding (if I can find someone for god's sake!).
I think I'd like a new career too!
From:
$2 ? do you mean you're not going w/ the PP ?
Bad choice. You'll die a drug addicted accused child molester.
No transformations or high maintenance 'friends' for me. I'd want to be the Romneys of showjumping! Instead of the dancing olympic horse, I'd have a flying olympic horse!
Good luck to everybody!
$212 million sounds good to me.....
Me too!
Hi Pia, you'd be like Elizabeth Taylor in that movie call National Velvet? Did you ever see it?
Do you ride horses?
Ouch Stang, that hurt!
Pia, I can see why you don't need any transformations because you're already beautiful! Who's better looking than Pia? N.O.B.O.D.Y!!!!
Wow that must have really smarted!
Here's a band aid for you golfer, hope that helps a little? 
Ah... that feels better, thanks! LOL
No problem, just happen to have a couple extra. Now if only all life's problems could be solved that easily.
Oh heck no, I can't do that.
My daughter rides h/j, but mostly show hunters. I can ride a little, but I don't horseshow. Too old. The ground and I don't agree because I don't bounce very well these days. Horses are great therapy for both body and soul. And I do like being around the horses and watching others jump them. 
Good luck to you golfer in this week's PB drawing. How cool would that be if one of us here won this? Maybe it will be me!
Thank you Pia, and good luck to you too! It would be great if one of us won it. But I wonder if anybody would come on LP and admit it was them that won.
Yeah, I guess falling from a horse is painful. Don't you fall and mess up that pretty face!
I haven't spent much time with horses but they are beautiful animals. They look you right in the eye, you know. Is it theraputic to care for them or do they show love like dogs do?
National Velvet is a great movie if you haven't seen it.
I assume h/j means "hunter jumper"?
Where is Margaritaville? Key West, FL?
If you win, buy a big horse farm and show your horses!
Ah, it feels good to be home. Oh, Mcginnin, you with your sense of humor and delightful picture work. Golfer, you are such a riot and Piaceri, horses are divine! Oh, goodness me, another PB rollover, well let the enthusiasm begin!
"I am too busy celebrating my life, to point out the flaws in another person's"
- Moi
Hey sandia, where you been hiding.
Welcome back to the old nuthouse!
Hi Sandia from the United States!
It is good to come back to LP isn't it? We all have something in common that only we can share and understand: we have PB and MM DREAMS! We have a great cast of characters here. After a hard day of work, I can't wait to log on to LP to see what is happening.
Good luck to you and your PB dreams this week!
Horses do show love. They can be very dog like. My daughter's horse has a sense of humor and make faces at you if you eat her jelly beans.
Had another horse who loved the little kids and would bury his head in their arms, close his eyes, and sigh (his back measured at 17hands or 5'8" tall).
I've watched National Velvet! Great movie. Have you seen International Velvet? It's about Velvet's granddaughter.
Margaritaville is wherever the fun is happening.
And no horse farms for me. What a damper that would be on traveling! I'll send my horses to a barn and let someone else clean up after them. 
And yes, sandia, horses are divine! Lottery win would make it easy to have one. Or two. Or three! (somehow I feel like the owl in the tootsie roll commerical)
I haven't seen International Velvet but I will!
I hear ya girl!!!! I agree about traveling. I work in the tennis business but if I won I wouldn't open a tennis club because I want to travel the world and play golf and tennis. Maybe even go to Margaritaville!
I didn't know that horses show emotion. When I was a child I used to watch a TV show called "Mr. Ed". Mr. Ed was the horse who could speak and had a sense of humor. Great show.
Ahhhh...I shall dream tonight!
MG can take my pitcher
(psyko WILL wear the TURBO)
OMG! Too funny!
Good luck to all who choose to participate.
I am not going to spend more than $6 because I have a feeling that this jackpot is going to roll until it gets into the $300 million range. Good luck to all!-weshar75
Congrat'sssssss MG:
Psyko can (see thu SPACE) and UR wife is "BEAUTIFUL"^^^^^^^^^^^^^>>>>!!!!!
(but) BEAUTY is only skin DEEP!!!!! SOMETHING'S outta fucophotos W/D picture GIRL?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>UR wife is very "SMART"^^^^^^^^^^^^^>>>>!!!!
she know's how 2 calculate D angle of UR dangle!!
Psyko not smart w/words
fucophotos picture girl is off/CENTER!!!!!!!!!
MG>U>&>D>Mar's Landing ?????????????
how can U hit Mar's Landing as scheduled??
WE R wait'g 4UR $$JackPot$$ "LANDING"!!