The latest Powerball drawing on Wednesday night was worth $53 million with a cash option of $32 million. Was anyone lucky enough to win the million dollar prize?
Powerball's winning numbers were announced on Wednesday night at 11 p.m. EST. The numbers selected during the drawing were 08-12-42-46-56, Powerball 12, and Powerplay 2X, according to the Powerball website. Although no one hit the jackpot last night, there was a Match 5 winner from California. Click here to see all of Powerball's winners.
The next Powerball drawing will be held on Saturday night at 11 p.m. EST. and will be worth $69 million with a cash option of $41.6 million, according to the Powerball lottery website.
The last person to claim a Powerball million dollar jackpot prize was a man from Sterling Heights, Michigan. Peter DeLuca, 51, matched five of the numbers on the white balls during the October 13 drawing. He told lottery officials that he had purchased the ticket at a Kroger Store in Sterling Heights and had left the ticket in his car. He said he had forgotten about the ticket but had found it and took it to a 7-Eleven to check his numbers.
"I took the ticket to 7-Eleven to scan it and see if it was a winner. When the clerk scanned it, she told me it was more than she could cash so she printed off the numbers from the drawing so I could check the ticket and see how much I'd won," DeLuca told lottery officials. "As she read them off to me, I couldn't believe I was seeing them all on my ticket!"
The 51-year-old says he plans on using the money to take a big trip and save the rest for his retirement fund.
In other lottery news, one person from Long Island won the $425 million Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday, making it the second winner to win the prize on New Year's Day. The winning Mega Millions numbers announced at 11 p.m. EST on Tuesday night were 34-44-57-62-70, Mega Ball 14 and Megaplier 4X, according to the Mega Millions website.
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