The Powerball lottery drawing passed on Wednesday night without a winner, so the jackpot for Saturday has risen to an estimated $171 million, with a cash option of $88.7 million.
There was no winner chosen for the 9th consecutive Powerball drawing. Lottery Post reports that six tickets matched the first five numbers without the Powerball to win $200,000, none of them coming from New Jersey.
The game has been around for 23 years now. According to lotteryuniverse.com, Powerball was introduced in in 1988 as Lotto America, and became Powerball in 1992.
Powerball was the first lottery drawing to use a two-drum system. Oregon Lottery employee Steve Caputo proposed the idea, to enable both high odds for the top prize and low odds for smaller lottery winnings.
PowerPlay came to the game in March, 2001. For at least $1 extra, players can draw the multipliers of 2X, 3X, 4X, or 5X for smaller prize winning levels.
Before November 1997, jackpot winners could only receive their prizes in annual installments over a 25 year period. The annuity is now available in 30 payments to be made over 29 years.
POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS FOR MAY 28, 201112, 20, 43, 51, 55 and Powerball 11 (PPx4)
Global-lottery-review.com reported that Powerball began in New Jersey on January 31st 2010 when Mega Millions reached a cross-selling agreement with the Multi-State Lottery Association which alllowed sales of Powerball in Mega Millions states and Mega Millions in Powerball states.
New Jersey Powerball wins of over $ 599.50 may need to be claimed at New Jersey
Lottery headquarters in Lawrenceville wins a claim form. Wins of a lesser amount can be claimed at your local lottery dealer.
There was no winner chosen for the 9th consecutive Powerball drawing. Lottery Post reports that six tickets matched the first five numbers without the Powerball to win $200,000, none of them coming from New Jersey.
The game has been around for 23 years now. According to lotteryuniverse.com, Powerball was introduced in in 1988 as Lotto America, and became Powerball in 1992.
Powerball was the first lottery drawing to use a two-drum system. Oregon Lottery employee Steve Caputo proposed the idea, to enable both high odds for the top prize and low odds for smaller lottery winnings.
Before November 1997, jackpot winners could only receive their prizes in annual installments over a 25 year period. The annuity is now available in 30 payments to be made over 29 years.
POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS FOR MAY 28, 201112, 20, 43, 51, 55 and Powerball 11 (PPx4)
Global-lottery-review.com reported that Powerball began in New Jersey on January 31st 2010 when Mega Millions reached a cross-selling agreement with the Multi-State Lottery Association which alllowed sales of Powerball in Mega Millions states and Mega Millions in Powerball states.
New Jersey Powerball wins of over $ 599.50 may need to be claimed at New Jersey
Lottery headquarters in Lawrenceville wins a claim form. Wins of a lesser amount can be claimed at your local lottery dealer.
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