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The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's draw climbed to $ 149 million with a $ 103.7 million cash option.
The winning numbers were: 18, 21, 24, 30, 60. Powerball: 20. 3x power play.
Since July 13, nine draws have been held without the first prize, including Wednesday when no one has won the $ 138 million jackpot across the country.
There was also no second prize, a million dollar tickets sold across the country.
In New Jersey, a pair of third-prize tickets, worth $ 50,000, were purchased, both in Bergen County. One was sold at Acme on Lemoine Avenue in Fort Lee, the other at Midland Deli & Grill on Midland Avenue in Paramus. Each correspondent has four numbers plus Powerball.
The jackpot has been won three times this year.
On March 27, Manuel Franco of West Allis, Wisconsin, won the $ 768.4 million prize, the third-highest prize in US lottery history. On June 1, Charles Jackson Jr., a 66-year-old grandfather from Cumberland County, North Carolina, won the $ 344.6 million Powerball Award. On July 13, someone in Hendersonville, Tennessee, hit the jackpot of $ 198 million. One trust claimed the prize for the winner, who opted for the lump sum of $ 128.1 million.
Wednesday's winning numbers were: 10, 13, 30, 51 and 69 The drawn Powerball was ten with a power play of 2x.
The odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 292 201 388 to 1. A player who buys a $ 2 ticket has about a one in 11,688,053 chance of matching five numbers and earning at least $ 1 million.
The Powerball is played Wednesday and Saturday in 44 states, Washington D.C., the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
In March, Michael J. Weirsky, 54, of Alpha in Warren County won the $ 273 million Mega Millions draw.
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