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Powerball jackpot increases to $32 million Saturday night; 1 ticket won the second prize
Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:30 AM
The Powerball multi-state lottery jackpot moved to $32 million (cash value $21.8 million) Saturday night when there were no top prize winners in the $20 million drawing, lottery officials said. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night, March 31st, 2021 were 03-10-44-55-68 with Power Ball 24.
Although the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with large winnings. There was a sole lucky player that matched all five numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in California will collect 1 million dollar cash.
Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 9 tickets that matched 4 white numbers as well as the Powerball and won $10,000. 4 additional players not just matched 4+1, but in addition bought the Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Also, 197 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 66 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to a total win of $200 each! There were 490 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and also won $100. 164 additional players not only matched 3+1, but in addition purchased the Power Play option, doulbled the prizes to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 different prize levels, there were 416,209 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 drawing.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Powerball game uses a 5/69+1/26 matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play option, which multiplies the winnings but not grand prize. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball grand prize are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball grand prize is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments. Winners may select one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Mar 31, 2021 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 197 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 490 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 13,248 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 11,048 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 84,995 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 197,520 |
| Wed Mar 31, 2021 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $0 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 4 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 66 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 164 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 4,488 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 3,896 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 30,417 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 69,666 |
| Wed Mar 31, 2021 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 29 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 61 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,806 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,535 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 11,665 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 26,781 |
| Wed Mar 31, 2021 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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