Lottery News and Stories
$211.7 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in New Jersey
Sunday, March 14, 2010 posted 03:54 AM EDT
(Powerball) One lucky ticket in New Jersey (1) matched all 6 numbers in the Saturday, March 13th drawing and won the $211.7
million jackpot. The holder(s) of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment
annuity, or the one time cash “lump sum” amount of $101,600,000.
Other big winners included two tickets in Colorado (1) and Oklahoma (1) that matched all 5 white ball numbers and had the
Power Play option for a $1 million prize each. Twelve tickets sold in Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Florida (4), Indiana (1),
Massachusetts (2), Montana (1), New York (1), and Wisconsin (1) matched all 5 white ball numbers for a $200,000 cash win
each. There were a total of 1,664,109 additional winning tickets in America’s Game Saturday evening. Those winners won
prizes totaling $17,094,652.
The numbers drawn were 6, 16, 20, 31, 36 and the Powerball was 8. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Additional major winners Saturday evening included 70 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Ten additional players not only matched 4+1, but also purchased the Power Play multiplying their prize by 5 for
a total win of $50,000!
A total of 246,257 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 5 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5
times. At the beginning of each drawing an animated spinner reveals that night’s multiplier.
Players purchased $65,575,187 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The jackpot for Wednesday, March 17th will be $20 million.
The lotteries sold more than $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY09. That translates into more than $743 million for
worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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