Powerball jackpot jumps to $287 million Wednesday night; 2 second prize tickets sold

The jackpot in the Powerball multistate lottery game keeps moving up and is going to be up to a projected $287 million for the upcoming drawing on Wednesday. The lump-sum cash payout stands at an estimated $222.8 million. The amount was rolled over since nobody hit all 5 lotto numbers plus the Powerball number to win the $277 million grand prize Saturday night. The numbers from Saturday, December 12th, 2020 drawing were 17, 54, 56, 63, 69 and Powerball number was 20.

Even though the jackpot was not awarded Saturday evening, some players still walked away with large winnings. There were 2 lucky players that correctly matched all five numbers and won the 2nd prize. The one second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in Michigan will collect 1 million dollar cash. The other one second prize winner(s) from Florida also bought Power Play, which doubled the prize to 2 million dollar cash win!

Additional major winners Saturday night included 14 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 4 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!

With 9 different prize levels, there were 743,937 tickets across U.S. won $0 prizes in the Saturday, December 12th, 2020 drawing.

Powerball is an American popular lottery game offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball game uses a 5/69+1/26 matrix to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Power Play, which increases the original prizes but not jackpot. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball grand prize are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments in 29 years. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout instead.

Sat Dec 12, 2020 Powerball Payout of U.S.
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 + Powerball	$277,000,000	0
5 of 5	$1,000,000	1 MI-1
4 of 5 + Powerball	$50,000	14
4 of 5	$100	369
3 of 5 + Powerball	$100	868
3 of 5	$7	23,792
2 of 5 + Powerball	$7	19,243
1 of 5 + Powerball	$4	153,451
Powerball Only	$4	387,979

Sat Dec 12, 2020 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 with Power Play	$0	1 FL-1
4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$2,000,000	4
4 of 5 with Power Play	$100,000	103
3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$200	250
3 of 5 with Power Play	$200	6,503
2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$14	5,239
1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play	$14	41,112
Powerball Only with Power Play	$8	105,008

Sat Dec 12, 2020 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 + Powerball	$277,000,000	0
5 of 5	$1,000,000	0
4 of 5 + Powerball	$50,000	2
4 of 5	$100	71
3 of 5 + Powerball	$100	125
3 of 5	$7	3,415
2 of 5 + Powerball	$7	2,711
1 of 5 + Powerball	$4	21,869
Powerball Only	$4	55,604

Sat Dec 12, 2020 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners

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