One wins double the prize as the other, thanks to Power Play
By Todd Northrop
SAGINAW, Mich. — Friends who play together, win together — although in this case maybe not winning the same amount.
Saginaw, Michigan resident Naomi Cawley, 59, matched four white balls plus the Powerball in the Feb. 21 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to her purchasing the Power Play option for an extra $1, the prize was multiplied to $100,000.
The winning Powerball numbers drawn that evening were 4, 27, 33, 41, and 42, with Powerball number 14. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
"A friend and I have always said if we won the Lottery, we would share the money," said Cawley. "Rather than buying one ticket for the both of us, we started buying our own separate tickets with the same numbers.
"I went into complete shock when I got a call from my friend late one night telling me we'd won on our Powerball numbers. She told me I'd won $100,000 and she'd won $50,000 because she forgot to add the Power Play to her ticket. It is so exciting and fun to experience together."
Cawley visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim her prize. With her winnings, she plans to take her family on a trip and then save the remainder.
Powerball plays may be purchased for $2 each at Lottery retailers and online (see link for online play in the Related Links section below). The Power Play option that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times to a maximum of $2 million may be added to any Powerball play for $1
For an additional $1 per play, Double Play may be added to a Powerball ticket, giving players a second chance to win up to $10 million in the nightly Double Play drawing. Double Play is available in roughly half of the states offering Powerball.
Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
The Powerball drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. The winning numbers, official drawing videos, jackpot analysis showing after-tax jackpot amounts, complete prize payout charts, and more can be found at USA Mega (www.usamega.com), a popular website offering in-depth information about the USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games, Powerball and Mega Millions.
I always add the megaplier and powerplay! I've been doing it for years so I'm so ready to get my investment back with with the extra dollar I've been giving to the lottery folks who's living off my investment. 🤣🤣🤣 C'mon you guys just give me something back so I know people can win! I really do believe in dreams do come true! Maybe I can be the next Charlie Buckett! My wife saying "you did it Charlie, you did it, Did what? you hit the big one" 🤷🏾♂️
Hahahaha I am with you on this one.
I religiously give both PB and MM and extra buck for a chance to win more.
I too feel it's time and should I win, I will definitely let LP folks know that I won and to make matters worse, I won on a QP 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hitting second prize on MM when the multiplier is 4 or 5 would be such a sweet deal.
Hitting the JP now would be amazing.
Onward we go.
I always add them too. Like you, I believe dreams can come true so I keep playing.
Even if I don't win, I am always happy for those who do and am very happy for these folks.
Who knows, my time may come soon too.
Since Doubleplay came here, I stopped playing with Powerplay except on-line. That option still not available. Maybe frayed logic, but the second set of #'s could yield me $10 million vs max of $2 million with Powerplay.
Now for Mega millions, she still gets Megaplier!
Wish we had double play where I live.
10 M is a good win. I will take it anytime.
Best of luck.
Congrats to them both ! Too funny JustMaybe... about the qp !
Hahaha I will make everyone ditch their excel sheets and Matrix and all other systems lol.
That would be such a sweet win on a QP.
Will make sure I rub it in like some ointment.
My point would be - "come on people, it's all about luck and nothing else to it"
No manifesting, no hacks, no tricks, no nothing, just random luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Many times I will pick the Mega number and get random numbers for the rest. Best of both worlds !
Depending on the method I use, I often use a quickpick for the the MegaBall and pick the 5 numbers myself. I did a side by side study in which I bought 2 tickets every week, one with me picking by both the 5 numbers and the bonus ball and one using Terminal quickpicks. When I did this for both Powerball and MegaMillions, the Terminal quickpicks matched the Powerball/MegaBall more often than the other methods so I usually just focus on trying to get the first 5 and let the terminal handle the rest.
Good to know ! I am only focusing on hitting the bonus ball. My theory is I only have 26 or 27 numbers to choose from and if I only hit the bonus I at least get my money back. Every once in awhile it will give me a few good numbers to go along with it. For me I have better luck picking the bonus number than the other 5.