News reaches Lotto Central HQ this morning from across the pond that last night’s Powerball Jackpot of $655.7 million ( $312.4 million in cash ) was not won and thus the Powerball Jackpot has now started to build up to a significant amount worthy of Lottery enthusiast’s attention !.
In the draw last night , Monday 18th March 2024 no ticket holders matched the main ball numbers of 10-17-20-39-44 and the Powerball of 16 and thus the annuitised $655.7 million jackpot was not won.
The Powerball Lottery jackpot will increase to an estimated $687 million ( $327.3 million in cash) in the next Powerball Lottery Draw which will be drawn on Wednesday 20th March 2024.
There were no first prize winners in Monday night’s Powerball Draw however six ticket holders , one from Florida , one from Maryland , one from Minnesota , two from Texas and one from Virginia did win a second prize by matching the five main white balls in the Powerball Draw.
The second prize ticket holders from Maryland , Minnesota , Texas and Virginia took home $1 million each in prize money with the second prize ticket holder from Florida taking home $2 million in prize money as they had selected the Powerplay option on their Powerball entry ticket. ( Powerplay multiplier capped at 2 at this level of prize payout)
The Powerplay multiplier in Monday night’s Powerball Draw was THREE.
There were 872,774 winners in Monday night’s Powerball Draw with $13,638,165 being paid out in prize money.
Previous experience proves that the Powerball jackpot soon grows substantially after a couple of rollovers so keep an eye on the LottoCentral blog to keep track of the ever growing jackpot !
Click here to get on for Wednesday night’s Powerball draw !
We wish all our blog readers a great week in their Lottery playing endeavours !
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