The Powerball jackpot for Monday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $171 million with a cash option of $79.5 million.
The winning numbers were: 19, 29, 35, 36 and 45. The Powerball drawn was 16, with a Power Play of 2X.
No one across the country hit Saturday’s $162 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold.
In New Jersey, a third-prize ticket was sold at ShopRite on Route 35 in Hazlet. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball and is worth $100,000 instead of the standard $50,000 since the winner spent an extra $1 for the Power Play option.
Saturday’s winning numbers were: 28, 38, 52, 54, 68. The Powerball drawn was 8, with a Power Play of 2X.
In addition, no one won the secondary $10 million Double Play jackpot on Saturday. There was also no second-prize,$500,00 winner. The winning numbers were: 24, 40, 53, 56 and 59. The Double Play number drawn was 5.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.
Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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