Powerball players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all five numbers plus the Powerball (more about odds below). Like Mega Millions, Powerball tickets start at $2 apiece. Powerball and Mega Millions rules vary for claiming a prize, depending on the state lottery's stipulations (see below for Florida Lottery's rules). 25, the $1.58 billion lottery jackpot has been claimed, but its winner remains a mystery, for now. 8, a single ticket purchased at a Publix in Neptune Beach, Florida, matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win $1.58 billion. On July 19, a single ticket in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win $1.08 billion, the largest jackpot since the record-setting $2.04 billion in November. On Aug. In less than two months, this lottery grand prize has increased from $20 million to the current pot. These rollovers follow a recent summer lotto frenzy after someone in California won the Powerball jackpot for $1.08 billion and someone in Neptune Beach, Florida, won the largest Mega Millions jackpot in the history of the game at $1.58 billion. Those were purchased in California (2), Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas (2). Another seven tickets matched 5 for a $1 million prize. Though Wednesday's drawing did not produce a grand prize winner, it wasn't all bad news: Three tickets matched 5 plus the Power Play for $2 million (Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas). Matching 5 on tickets that can claim $1 million were those sold in California, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Ohio, Texas (2) and Wisconsin. Several big winning Powerball tickets were sold Saturday, including two that matched 5 plus the Power Play from Iowa and Maine for $2 million. With that, a jackpot winner will not be had, meaning the new Powerball grand prize jumps to $1.55 billion and a cash option of $679.8 million. Saturday numbers were 47-54-57-60-65 and the Powerball was 19. No one won Wednesday's drawing either, and now the grand prize climbs to $1.4 billion, just shy of the second-highest all time, for the Saturday, Oct. Wednesday numbers were 9-35-54-63-64 and the Powerball was 1. It was the ninth time in the history of Powerball and Mega Millions lottery games that a jackpot reached $1 billion or more. 2, the total shot up to $1.2 billion for the Wednesday, Oct. After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot for Monday, Oct.
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