The latest Powerball drawing on Saturday night was worth $191 million with a cash option of $115.5 million. Was anyone lucky enough to win the jackpot?
The Powerball drawing was held on Saturday night at 11 p.m. EST. The winning numbers were 10-17-18-43-65, Powerball 13, and Power Play 5X, according to the lottery website. Although there were no jackpot winners, there was one match five and Power Play winner who won $2 million from North Carolina. There were also two match five players who won one million dollars from New Mexico and Wisconsin, according to the Powerball website.
The next Powerball drawing will be held on Wednesday at 11 p.m. EST. The jackpot is now worth $204 million with a cash option of $124.4 million, according to the Powerball website.
The lottery drawings are held twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 p.m., according to the Powerball website. It is the largest lottery game played across the U.S. The Powerball jackpot starts at $40 million and then grows twice a week until someone hits the jackpot, according to the Powerball website.
The last winners to win a Powerball jackpot was a couple from Lansing, Michigan who won $2 million. Morris Cummings and his girlfriend, Jackie Rowley, told lottery officials they decided to purchase a ticket from Randy's Food Center in Flint, Michigan, for the January 12 drawing.
"We stopped to grab a gift for my girlfriend's cousin on our way to her 21st birthday party," said Cummings. "While my girlfriend was shopping, I bought a few Powerball tickets. "After we left the party, we stopped at the bar on our way home. While we were there, I remembered that I had a few Powerball tickets to check. I checked the numbers on my phone, and at first I thought maybe I was seeing things a bit fuzzy because I'd had a few drinks, so I asked my girlfriend to check the ticket."
Rowley confirmed that they had hit the $2 million jackpot. The couple claimed their prize on Friday. They told lottery officials they plan on taking a vacation and saving the rest of their winnings.
"I can't explain this feeling at all. It's been so exciting and we're both thrilled to have this money in the bank," Cummings told lottery officials.
In January, a man from Brooklyn, New York, claimed the $298.3 million prize from a December 26 drawing. David Johnson, a truck driver, told WCBS-TV that he purchased the winning ticket from Arnold's Service Station in Brooklyn. His friend called him the following day to tell him that someone won the Powerball jackpot from their local gas station, but he didn't believe he was the winner.
"I looked at the board and I'm like, 'Oh my God, Jesus, oh my God'" he told the news station. "I jumped up and down in the store…. I got back in my car, turned the music up and zoomed on home."
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