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The New York Lottery introduced a Powerball scratchcard in 2010. Five winning numbers plus a Powerball were printed across the top of the card, with 12 opportunities to match. Matching the winning numbers or the Powerball won. The top prize was $1 million (annuity); unlike actual Powerball, there was no cash option for the top prize. [81]
The last Powerball top prize was won in Pennsylvania. There are 45 Powerball states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (48 total jurisdictions). We compiled a list of ...
Check out the full list of the top 20 Powerball-winning states: 1. Indiana Wins: 39 Year started: 1992. 2. Missouri Wins: 31 Year started: 1992. 3. Minnesota Wins: 22 Year started: 1992. 4. Kentucky
The Powerball lottery set a record in November 2022, with a drawing worth $2.04 billion. It got over a third of the way there in February before a player in Washington state won the $754.6 million...
Washington was the tenth state lottery to join Mega Millions and sales began on September 6, 2002. [ citation needed ] In April 2009, both houses of the state legislature passed a bill to allow Washington's Lottery to sell Powerball tickets, to take effect 90 days after the governor's signature, and sales began on February 3, 2010.
The jackpot averages at about $3.7 million. Optionally, players can add the “plus” option for an additional $1 on each game played (for a total of $3 per game) for a chance to win prizes up to $250,000 and bigger prizes for matching 3, 4, and 5 of the winning numbers in any order.
That means the $1 billion-plus Powerball jackpot will come out to a still-astronomical $500 million or so if the lump sum payment is chosen. Adobe How Much are Lottery Winnings Taxed?
In June 2006, the Oklahoma Lottery had its first jackpot winner when an Oklahoman won $101 million in Powerball. [3] The Powerball drawing of June 27, 2007 produced Oklahoma's second winning jackpot ticket for the game, and the largest to date: $105.8 million (annuitized). It was bought in the Sequoyah County town of Roland.