Another giant jackpot run is now in the books.
Last night’s Powerball® jackpot was won with a ticket purchased in California, while a ticket in Iowa was just one number away from a share of the big prize.
The winning numbers in last night’s drawing were: 22-24-40-52-64 and Powerball 10. The Power Play® number was 2.
The jackpot ended up at $1.765 billion annuity, $774.1 million cash option. Strong sales pushed the final jackpot value even higher than the latest estimates before the drawing.
Last night’s jackpot was the second-largest ever offered in the Powerball game and the fourth lottery jackpot to top $1 billion in 2023, a level not previously seen in any year.
The Powerball jackpot returns to $20 million annuity, $9.1 million cash option, for the game’s next drawing on Saturday.
Total Prizes Won In Iowa
Iowa Lottery players won a total of 47,231 prizes in last night’s drawing. A ticket purchased in Clarion matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize.
The $50,000-winning ticket was purchased at Casey’s, 222 Central Ave. W. in Clarion. That prize can be claimed at any Iowa Lottery office.
Iowa Sales For The Drawing
Iowa Lottery players bought nearly $2.7 million in Powerball tickets for last night’s drawing, including more than $1.9 million in tickets yesterday alone.
But the average Powerball purchase in Iowa for the drawing remained about $6, or about three plays per ticket. Lottery officials were pleased that Iowans had fun playing and didn’t go overboard.
How Population Factors In
In a game like Powerball, the odds of winning are the same for every ticket sold, no matter where you make your purchase. But simply because of their size, states with larger populations will have more people buying lottery tickets. And when more people buy tickets in a particular area, there will be more winnings there based on the sales volume.
Another way of putting that is that if 5 percent of lottery tickets are sold in a particular area, you expect to find about 5 percent of the prize winners there. Everyone has the same chance of winning, but there will be more winners in places where more tickets are sold.
Powerball is sold by 48 U.S. lotteries, including those in some of our nation’s biggest states. (California is No. 1 in terms of state population, followed by Texas, Florida and New York. All of those states sell Powerball.)
Iowa, with a population of about 3.1 million, is a fairly small state within the Powerball group, but the numbers show the state is doing well in terms of jackpot winners here.
Nine Iowa Lottery players have won Powerball jackpots through the years, including the largest lottery prize to date in Iowa, a $343.9 million jackpot won in 2018 by a Redfield woman.
This Month’s $2 Million Prize Still Unclaimed
The Iowa Lottery reminds its players to check their tickets for any prize they may have won, not just the jackpot. There are nine prize levels in Powerball, ranging from $4 for matching the Powerball alone up to the jackpot for matching all six winning numbers in a drawing.
Non-jackpot winnings can be significant, as demonstrated this past weekend in eastern Iowa. Someone who bought a ticket in Johnson County won a $2 million prize in last Saturday’s Powerball drawing. That prize hasn’t been claimed yet.
The winning ticket was purchased at Casey's, 403 Stephans St. in Tiffin. The ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to initially win a $1 million prize in the Oct. 7 drawing. But whoever bought the ticket also added the Power Play® option to the purchase, which multiplies prizes at the Match 5 level to $2 million.
The $2 million prize needs to be claimed at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive. Lottery offices are open Monday through Friday, and appointments are strongly encouraged for those claims.
Powerball prizes won in Iowa must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing in which they were won.
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