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Powerball jackpot builds to $620,000,000 Saturday; 5 players won the second prize
Updated: Thursday, December 21, 2023 01:41 AM
The jackpot in America's favorite Powerball lottery is on the move. Since no one correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Powerball number in Wednesday's drawing, the jackpot will leap to a projected $620,000,000! The cash value stands at a projected $$310.8 million up for grab. The numbers from Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 drawing were 27-35-41-56-60 with Power Ball 16. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 30 draws since Saturday, October 14th, 2023. The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in California, matched all six numbers for a 1,730,000,000 top prize.
While the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 5 lucky players that correctly matched all five lotto numbers and won the 2nd prize. The three ticket(s) in Colorado(1), Kentucky(1) and Virginia(1) matched all 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $2,000,000 cash win! This is part of the Powerball feature that guarantees a certain multiplier on all match 5 white ball winners that also have the Power Play option doubling the second prize to $2 million cash. 2 other lucky ticket(s) purchased in Kentucky(1) and Rhode Island(1), each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!
Additional prizes won Wednesday night included 17 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. 8 additional players not just matched 4+1, but in addition bought the Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!
With nine different prize tiers, there were a total of 880,954 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 drawing.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Powerball lottery uses a 5/69+1/26 matrix to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play option, which multiplies the winnings except jackpot. The odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball jackpot are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments in 29 years. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Dec 20, 2023 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $572,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
Kentucky-1
Rhode Island-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 17 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 456 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 1,087 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 29,139 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 23,107 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 184,947 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 453,779 |
| Wed Dec 20, 2023 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 3
Colorado-1
Kentucky-1
Virginia-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 8 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 126 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 289 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 7,792 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 6,295 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 49,661 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 124,246 |
| Wed Dec 20, 2023 Powerball Payout of Florida(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $572,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 41 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 97 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 2,514 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 2,003 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 16,217 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 39,582 |
| Wed Dec 20, 2023 Powerball Payout of Florida(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 10 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 29 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 647 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 530 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 4,502 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 11,300 |
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