The Powerball jackpot for 08/15/20 was worth $ 20 million. Here are the figures from Saturday night’s drawing.
- First Five: 05-12-34-45-56
- Powerball: 03
- Power Play: 3x
Saturday night’s 08/15/20 Powerball jackpot was estimated at $ 20 million, with a cash prize of $ 16.6 million. The jackpot could have increased if sales increased lottery projections, according to officials.
The winning numbers on Wednesday (08/12/20) for the $ 169 million Powerball jackpot were: 02-06-18-36-37 with a Powerball of 21. The Power Play was 2x.
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There was a big prize winner on Wednesday for a ticket sold in Florida. The game’s jackpot is now being reset to a minimum of $ 20 million.
In addition to the winner of the jackpot, a ticket was sold in California that matches all five white balls, and just missed the red Powerball, for the second prize of the game of $ 1 million. If the Power Play had been bought for an extra $ 1, the second prize would have been worth $ 2 million.
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The last winning Powerball ticket was sold on June 10, 2020. Normally, the game would reset to a minimum of $ 40 million, but the current COVID-19 pandemic forced Powerball officials to cut the minimum jackpot in half, which ‘ t started with the 04/11/20 Jackpot.
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The previous winning ticket sold was purchased in New Jersey for the 04/08/20 jackpot worth $ 190 million. The previous grand prize won for it was $ 70 million in the 02/12/20 drawing with a ticket purchased in Michigan. The big prize winner for that was on 01/29/20. That ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Bonita Springs, Florida, for the grand prize of $ 394 million, which had a cash value of $ 274.6 million.
The last big prize winning ticket before that was sold in California on 11/02/19 for a $ 150 million jackpot. The Powerball jackpot rolled 33 times before the Bonita Springs ticket was purchased on January 29, 2020.
The chances of hitting the grand prize jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, regardless of the size of the jackpot – according to the Powerball website.
Powerball is a multi-state lottery that is played every Wednesday and Saturday, and one of the two largest American lottery jackpot games. Powerball jackpots start at $ 20 million, and other prizes pay from $ 1 million to $ 2 million with a Power Play. Tickets are $ 2. You can check the numbers for tonight, or any winning numbers from the past, on the official Powerball website.
The other lottery with more state is Mega Millions, which is played on Tuesday and Friday. Like Powerball, the jackpot is returned to $ 20 million after a jackpot is won, and one line of numbers is $ 2, with a $ 1 option to multiply their winnings by one Megaplier. Here is the Mega Millions website for more information, or to check out potential numbers from the past.
There are nine ways to win money during Powerball. Getting the powerball without other numbers pays out $ 4, and even more if the power game is purchased for an extra dollar. The same payout applies to one ball plus the powerball, and $ 7 is the payout for two straight numbers with the powerball, as three straight numbers and no powerball.
If all five white, numbered balls are chosen, but the red powerball is incorrect, then the payout is $ 1 million, with an even higher payout if the power game is chosen.
Here are the all-time top Powerball jackpot prizes
$ 1.586 billion (01/13/2016)
Winning tickets sold in California, Florida and Tennessee
2. $ 768.4 million (03/27/2019)
Single ticket sold in Wisconsin
$ 758.7 million (08/23/2017)
Single ticket sold in Massachusetts
4. $ 687.8 million (10/27/2018)
Two winning tickets were drawn, one sold in Iowa and one sold in New York.
5. $ 590.5 million (05/18/2013)
Single ticket sold in Florida
6. $ 587.5 million (11/28/2012)
Two winning cards were drawn, one sold in Missouri and one sold in Arizona.
7. $ 564.1 million (02/11/2015)
Winning tickets sold in Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico
