Early details show that Iowa Lottery players won nearly 50,000 prizes in tonight’s Powerball jackpot drawing, and the game’s giant top prize ended up being even higher than the latest estimates leading into the drawing.
The Iowa winners included one ticket that came within one number of having at least a share of the jackpot. Strong sales nationwide pushed tonight’s jackpot to $541.9 million annuity, or $343.2 million lump-sum option. Full details, including the locations where the big winning tickets were sold in Iowa and whether there was a jackpot winner nationwide, will be available tomorrow.
Here is an initial look at tonight’s Iowa results:
A total of 49,710 plays purchased by Iowa Lottery players won prizes ranging from $4 up to $50,000 One ticket purchased in Iowa matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize.
The winning numbers in tonight’s Powerball jackpot drawing were: 17-19-39-43-68 and Powerball 13. The Power Play® number was 4. Complete overall results for the drawing are not yet available tonight because some lotteries in the game are still processing records to determine their in-state results.
Iowa Lottery players bought nearly $2.7 million in Powerball tickets for tonight's drawing, including more than $1.4 million in tickets today alone.
The odds of winning the jackpot in Powerball are about 1 in 292.2 million because there are about 292.2 million ways you can combine the numbers in the game to make a play. By tracking sales, lottery officials can estimate how many of the possible combinations have been purchased for a particular drawing. About 32 percent of all the possible combinations were purchased in tonight's drawing.
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