On, Saturday nights, 23 March 2019 Powerball drawing, there were no jackpot winners. Thus, the new jackpot prize for the next Powerball drawing swelled to a record $750 million in annuity value.
This jackpot has been rising for the past twenty-five drawings. The last Powerball jackpot was won by a truck driver from Brooklyn. He won a $298,3 million prize on 26, December 2018.
Winning Numbers
Saturday night’s Powerball results were 24, 25, 52, 60, 66. Powerball 05 and the Powerplay 3x.
Although there were no jackpot winners on Saturday, 23 March 2019 Powerball results, eight lucky players managed to match the five white ball numbers for a division 2 category prize worth $1,000,000 each. Two tickets with Power Play matched five white ball numbers for a total prize of 3 million each.
Overall, Saturday’s Powerball results produced 2,074,078 tickets sold, that at least matched the Powerball to win a $4 prize and 372,593 Power Play winning tickets.
Next Drawing
The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Wednesday, the 27th of March 2019. The cash option is worth almost half a billion dollars, currently estimated to be $465.5 million.
This will be the 4th-largest lottery jackpot in world history, and the 5th-largest cash option ever offered. It will also be the 4th time in history that a lottery jackpot has crossed the $700 million prize mark.
About Powerball
Powerball jackpots start at $40 million and roll until the jackpot is won. Players win the jackpot by matching five white ball numbers from a pool of 69 numbers and one red Powerball number from a pool of 26 numbers.