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The Powerball draw on Saturday night was $ 348 million, with a cash option of $ 211.9 million. Has anyone been lucky and won the jackpot?
The last draw of the Powerball lottery took place at 11 pm Saturday evening. The chosen numbers were 01-19-25-27-68, Powerball 21 and Power Play 2X, according to the Powerball website. Although no one has won the jackpot, there have been two winners of Match 5 who have won a million dollars in Delaware and Ohio, says the lottery website.
The next draw on Powerball will take place Wednesday at 23h. The jackpot prize now stands at $ 381 million, with a cash option of $ 228.1 million, according to the Mega Millions website.
The famous lottery game organizes drawings twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday nights, according to the lottery website. Powerball is played in 44 states.
The last person to claim a Powerball award was a woman from Clare County, Michigan, for $ 200,000. Beverly Blackledge, 70, matched four of the white balls in the Feb. 16 draw, according to a statement from the Powerball lottery. Blackledge told lottery officials that she had bought a PowerPlay, which doubled her price to $ 2,000,000.
Blackledge told the lottery officials that she had bought the winning ticket at the Shell gas station in Harrison, Michigan. She said that she buys a ticket the day before each Powerball draw and still buys the Powerplay.
"I buy a ticket the day before each draw and I still have the powerplay," Blackledge said. "I called the winning number hotline the day after the drawing to score the winning numbers, I started with the Powerball and I saw mine match, then four white balls." When I realized that the Powerplay was four, I could not believe how much I had won. "
Blackledge claimed his winnings Friday, according to the Powerball press release. She told the lottery officials that she was going to pay her bills, make improvements to her home and buy a new car.
"It's amazing to win this prize, it's like a breath of fresh air .This will bring financial relief to me and my family," Blackledge told lottery officials.
In other lottery news, a New Jersey man on Friday night won the $ 267 million jackpot, Mega Millions, according to the website. The winning numbers for the Friday night draw were 29-33-39-60-66, Mega Ball 21 and Megaplier 2X, according to the Mega Millions website.
"NEW JERSEY – $ 267 MILLION #MegaMillions #jackpot WON !! A very * very lucky ticket in NJ tied the 5 white balls + Mega Ball to win the first prize last night!" Mega Millions tweeted Saturday morning.
Last year, only one New Jersey winner won a Mega Millions jackpot, according to NJ.com.
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