Three lucky winners will be able to spend the holiday weekend as newly-minted millionaires.
The owners of three winning Powerball tickets — from Delaware, Florida, and Louisiana — will divvy up Saturday's $50 million jackpot three ways.
Each winner will have the option of receiving a third of the jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years or a third of the $31.1 million lump sum. The winning Powerball tickets were purchased in New Orleans, Tampa, and a currently unnamed location in Delaware.
This latest jackpot marks a second consecutive win in Florida; last week's record-setting $590.5 million jackpot will go to the owner of a ticket purchased in the city of Zephyrhills.
Dividing the latest round of winnings three ways does not set a record, however; a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Lottery noted that four winners split a $295 million jackpot back in 2001.
USAMega.com also reports that 609,275 additional players won prize money totaling nearly $17 million. Included in those additional winners are 11 tickets that matched the 2, 6, 19, 21, and 27 combination but missed the Powerball number of 25: 1 from California, 1 from Connecticut (with Power Play), 2 from Florida, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from North Carolina, and 1 from Wisconsin.
Owners of those tickets will each get $1 million, while a winner in Connecticut will receive $2 million because they purchase the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket.
The next drawing will occur on Wednesday night, at which point the Powerball jackpot will be reset to $40 million.
Congratulations everyone spend wisely
Congratulation to ALL the winners
i bet they come forward a lot quicker than the $590 mill winner.
while 50 million is no chump change, it should be a lot easier to get all the financial situations taking care of winning that amount than the 550 that was won by the single winner. Whomever won that won definitely doesnt want the attention although they're going to get it whether they like it or not. The media is probably waiting there at the publix day and night to see when the winner is coming in. If I was the winner, wouldn't even go to the publix, would just go straight to a lottery office unannounced if that's possible. That way the media is too late, unless they're staking out those too. Congrats to the winners!
Why would the $590m winner even go back to Publix?
You have to get to the lottery office to collect!
Florida wins again!?! wow!!!!
Tampa, Florida has 2 new millionaires. Congrats to all the winners.
Go figure. One ticket wins approx. $600 million, and three tickets have to share a "paltry" $50 million. Come to think of it, I will take that share anytime.
Florida is turining into New York with all these jackpots!
Another cheat State!
Yeah, that's what they did, they cheated.
Congrats to all the winners, enjoy!
All the Power Ball numbers were under 30 so no wonder there were so many winners. People probably played and won with birthdays (some could of been quick picks). Splitting $50 million is still awesome. You can easily retire on that if you don't spend like crazy. Congratulations to the winners!
What is a cheat state?
Are you implying that something is fishy because that state has so many winners?
Go to powerball.com and click on winner breakdown by lottery and you will see all the number of states that has the most winners. PA had 24,858 winners, NY had 40,425 winners, CA has 81,752 winners with none playing the powerplay, FLA had 56,796 winners, and Texas had 20,749 winners playing. All states are showing all winners from each state. Check it out!!
I hope Florida didn't just join Powerball?
no, they been playing for awhile! they did just join MEGA MILLION though!
16 powerball winners in all for 2012!!!! wow!!!
Are those first and second prize winners?
Will we ever get a nationwide "pool" option on PB or MM?
They just joined MM recently.
you can click on the states and it will show you the winners in all the tiers!
Sounds like the biggest winners of all the states are CA and FL?
yup! I noticed that! WOW lots of players winning from there! You see where there was 16 winners on powerball in 2012?
It would be nice if they won a jackpot....... But I'm sure they enjoy the million $ prizes too.
I would be happy with a second tier prize! Anything to get us out of the rut we are in, and to have a good vacation this summer! Also help out some family members too!
Hey ron! You see Virgin islands winners? 425 in all!
Wow weeee, they must love PB......
What they say a dollar and a dream! or is it 2 dollar and a dream!
Seems like we have been in a "rut" for about 5 1/2 years now, I wonder when it will get BETTER.
Soon I hope, I play on Tuesday and Friday 4 dollars each play[32.00 a month]. I play on Wednesday and Saturday about 6 bucks for each draw.[48.00 a month] Then I play our state nc cash5 every day 4 dollars a day 7 days a week![112.00 dollars a month ] 112 dollars a month on cash5!!! win a little on cash5 but PB and MM nothing to amount to anything to bragg about! Total in all 192 dollars a month playing for a big dream to win!! 2,304 dollars a year playing the lottery! WOW i just now figure this up! Can't tell the wife this, or she will cut me off from playing!!!! omy!!
Yes it can add up fast, but hopefully you don't smoke or snort drugs so you save a lot there.
nope! no drugs, no drinking, nothing!!! just sit home on the computer!
Wtg,
At the computer all the way........... 
u on facebook?
Yeah but honestly I dont log on there but once a month or so just to check in.
https://www.facebook.com/ron.s.gilbert.1
HEY THANKS!! you want to be friends? if so I will send you a friends request!
Congratulations to these winners. I didn't know that this Powerball winning numbers were a California Super Lotto Plus pick.
another awesome comment bro! You have such a way with words. You are like the modern day Walt Whitman!
I think we all should hang out and dance at the malt shop. I like that new record from Bill Haley and the Comets called "rock around the clock."
I love malt. Count me in.
Send away my friend, send away.
Lottery players are winners.
congrats on the PB winners and the new lottery post bff's!
5M - ish in savings would fully fund my retirement... so a 1/3 split of a 31.3 pot would float my boat quite nicely!
hopefully we will have yet another PB winner on Wednesday and drive the PB guru's nutz!