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 $235 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Saturday was the 10th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started June 26 as a $40 million jackpot.
The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $136.5 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 Kansas, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from North Carolina, and 1 from South 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.
Power Play is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered in Power Play is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts. By law, California awards all prizes on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning the prizes will change each drawing based on the number of tickets sold and the number of tickets that won at each prize level.
48 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 4 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $40,000, and 1 of the tickets was sold in California, where the prize was worth $53,216 this drawing.
The Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, July 27, were 9, 23, 40, 53, and 58, with Powerball number 6.
Following the Saturday drawing, the Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was raised $39 million from its previous amount of $196 million. The cash value was raised by $21.9 million from its previous amount of $114.6 million.
The next Powerball drawing will take place Wednesday night at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.
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 43 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.
A 44th Powerball state will be added in early 2014, as the state of Wyoming has approved a new state lottery with the intention of joining Powerball and other multi-state lottery games. (See Wyoming officially becomes 44th state with a lottery, Lottery Post, Mar. 14, 2013.)
The Powerball winning numbers are published at USA Mega (www.usamega.com) minutes after the drawing takes place.
here we go again...
should be a most curious Wednesday
I'm ready to win the $235 million ...........:)
I am gonna be THRIFTY and buy only one line. With powerplay of course.
Time for me to bring home California's first Powerball jackpot.
Same here
Save your money,folks.This one is mine! (I hope)
Wyomong Joining Powerball now, guess I will have to quit playing! It's already hard enough to win as it is. Have not won on PB or MM in a very long time now! Can't even remember the last time I won on any of them. I don't expect to win everytime I play, but at least some of the time I should win a buck or two! Guess it's not my time, or just bad luck! I do play special numbers everytime I play, but they don't even come up a match! I play only 4 dollars on PB every draw and I play 4 dollars on MM, everytime it's played! Getting costly to play now and not seeing any wins! Now PB is 235 million dollars, It's going to be hard not to buy a ticket for this WEDNESDAY, so another 4 dollars worth of tickets for WEDNESDAY Nights drawing!!!!GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!
Let the POWERBALL madness begin!
May the best one win!
109,339 winners from California this time! More people than any other states to win! Looks like California got this one for Wednesday night!
Florida is ready for another big winner and I volunteer to take the jackpot for the state. I have a plan and will be a great steward of this wealth.
Let it Soar!!
I can see the headline now. Florida Wins Again!
I will win the 235million dollar powerball jackpot. Its my destiny.
I just got my $3 ticket and I will be happy with $2 million because I can be debt free and have money in the bank.-weshar75
dont listen to Cletu$, throw some more money in there! I won't mind spending your cash when I win.
schmuckatelly....... I like your winner take all approach. May the best numbers win it all.
I will be representing one of the californians that plays powerball. lets hope california takes it.
Its seems the more I stop trying to play the lottery,
The more the higher jackpots keep sucking me back in.................
Just commit $2. each draw and play til you win.
I commit to 5 lines each draw and I would still play 5 lines if it were priced at $5. per line.
Carlos Danger said that if he doesn't win it the mayor of San Diego will.
Jersey's gonna win again. They are on a hot streak.
Although I'd rather Texas take this one, my ticket in particular.
Can I place a wager against that.
Although there were no jackpot winners Saturday, 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Kansas, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from North Carolina, and 1 from South Carolina.
Congrats to the Winners spend wisely
Pia I knew I liked you. Nothing against Texas, Cali, NC, Florida and the like. However, Jersey is hot this year and I'm going to win this one for the gipper.
C'mon Powerball show some love for Jersey (me this time).
Like that camel in the Geico commercial says, "Guess what day it is? Guess... what... day... it... is?"
It's D. Day (dream day)!!!!
Please let me be the first to post my dream. Please post yours too. I'm curious and interested.
Carlos Danger is too happy, taking snapshots of Mr. Weiner
and Mr. Happy
to remember the monster jackpot on HUMPDAY
Yes, its the day to get rid of that ugly, annoying , stinking camel, and visualize more on the unending fun, that I will have on HUMPDAY, when that jackpot is comfortably meandering its way towards my bank account.
I think I'll let it roll 2 more times, the go find Mindy and cut in front of her.
(sigh)...Yeah! Sounds good.
$235 Million Powerball Jackpot!!!!
Yup...
I have bought my tickets already. I would love to be the first Powerball winner from California. California never wins Powerball.
well i'll be the winner come wednesday, cali's first jackpot winner. no interview or anything. already got the address to the lotto office, just going to smoot walk in unaanounced and leave prior to media hoopla.
Your Dream home in some ways looks very much like the one Dee Dee Moore " Stole" from Mr Abraham Shakespeare.
$235 million
Watch CA win I swear I am starting to think it's all fixed.
Good luck everyone.
I hope that 'Powerball lightning' strikes good old Scottdale Pennsylvania on Wednesday
best wishes to all LP Members
$235 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot soars
Good Luck TO everyone
i hope you can get your dream house
You must do a lot of dreaming.You could fill a catalog with all of your dream houses.Maybe you should go into the real estate business and then you could try out some of these houses before you buy them.
how would California winning Powerball mean the lottery is fixed? California has never won Powerball ever.
Have you heard in October Mega Millions is going from 5/56 + 1/46 to 5/75 + 1/15? If the lottery was fixed and they can pick when and where the jackpot is won, then why would they bother with the format change to make the game harder to win?
If the lottery was fixed, they should keep Mega Millions at the same 5/56 + 1/46 format and just let the jackpot roll to $900 million. That would cause lottery fever and increase sales. Why don't they do that if the lottery was fixed?
"If the lottery was fixed and they can pick when and where the jackpot is won, then why would they bother with the format change to make the game harder to win?"
That's a very sensible and logical argument. So why would you bother using it with somebody who thinks the lottery is fixed?
1/2 share on 3 lines. here
*Drools* all that money... Ah Ferrari F430, Porsche 911 Turbo, Lexus LF_A, Titan Built Toyota Supra Twin Turbo 1,000 hp hehehhee
MM is not "the lottery" pink floyd, its a game that MOST people dont play anymore.
No one who has ever posted in these jackpot fever threads and told everyone else not to bother playing because the jackpot is theirs has ever won the jackpot.
The self-jinxing is kind of entertaining.
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Pia, if I win Powerball I will get you a big green tractor for your farm and ranch in TX! I cannot guarantee that Jason Aldean comes with it.
Can anyone truly be " ready to win"?
thats funny someone playing and then wins
oh my i wasn't ready to win 
Sure, and some already have plans for the first million or so after taxes.
go on every buy heaps of tickets, i want moar.
Really excited today.............I can almost feel it. . I have that gut feeling that after tonights drawing ill be the next powerball jackpot winner. When they announce the winner is from illinois then you will know I have won.
Wow this is a crazy jackpot, I think the hardest part (apart from winning it) is actually spending it...
Sounds great stunna, good luck to you!
Why thank you kindly golfer! If you could, by some miracle, manage to include Jason as the driver, I'd be willing to come clean your house for you and I despise house cleaning.
My place of employment will have 20 fewer workers. Wait, I mean 19...boss lady said she putting some money to our work center. She's a better person than me, cause I'm outta here!!!!!
Pia Darling, I'm sad to report that I did not win the Powerball last night so I'm gonna have to put that John Deere on layaway for you. Is that ok? And what do ya know? Jason Aldean is no longer taking my calls! Darn!
However, I got us a ticket in Sat night's Powerball drawing too so we get another shot at it.
I still have a chance to win it big! I need to plan what I should do with the huge jackpot prize. I will buy a summer house and take a vacation!