The powerball numbers for the $206 million prize will be announced on Saturday, February 3.
Will you become a multimillionaire overnight if you win Powerball? The jackpot increased from $20 million following a New Year’s Day victory to the current prize in less than a month.
On Wednesday, January 31, drawing $188 million, the grand prize increased to $206 million for Saturday, February 3, when no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.
The powerball number was 19, and the Saturday numbers were 9-11-27-59-66. Three times was Power Play. We’ll check to see if there is a winner or a redraw.
In case you were wondering, the Powerball number was 14, and the Wednesday numbers were 15-18-19-41-43. PowerPlay was twice as much. In the drawing on Wednesday, there was one big winner: a ticket bought in Texas matched five numbers to win $1 million.
Even though the jackpot has not hit since January 1st, there have been a few Florida-based secondary winners.
Here was the drawing location for the big winner on Saturday, January 20. A Quick Pick from Publix, 2414 W. 60th St., Hialeah, was the winning ticket. That ticket had a $1 million prize if all five numbers matched.
Additionally, there were two secondary winners in Florida, while someone in Michigan became a multimillionaire overnight on New Year’s Day with a whopping payoff of $842.4 million.
One won $2 million by matching five numbers plus the Power Play, and the other won $1 million by matching five numbers.
According to the Florida Lottery, the $2 million winning Quick Pick ticket was bought at Publix, 10928 Cross Creek Blvd.
Tampa, and the $1 million Quick Pick ticket was bought at Publix, 1537 NW St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie.
Tickets start at $2 each. The Florida Lottery has provided the following information regarding lottery odds, the duration for claiming the cash option if you purchased a ticket in Florida, and what happens to unclaimed prize money.
