Double Play is an add-on feature that gives players in select jurisdictions another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million. There was also a ticket in Florida that won a $500,000 prize in the Double Play® drawing, held after the Powerball drawing. (Note: In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel and determined by sales and the number of winners.) Other big wins include 81 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 13 tickets that won $100,000 prizes. Three tickets (KY, PA, TX) matched all five white balls and increased the $1 million prize to $2 million by including the Power Play feature for an additional $1 per play. The Powerball drawing on Wednesday night produced more than 3.2 million winning tickets across the country, including seven tickets (CA-2, CO, NY, PA, TX-2) that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes. Saturday’s estimated jackpot ranks as the third largest in the Powerball game and fifth largest among U.S. The jackpot has a cash value of $643.7 million.
The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.4 billion for the next drawing on Saturday night. The Powerball® jackpot evaded players Wednesday night, after no ticket matched all six number drawn – white balls 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and red Powerball 1.
