The Powerball drawing for Wednesday, March 27, 2019 reached $750 million. This may not be the largest jackpot in Powerball’s history (which was $1.6 billion in January 2016), but it’s the fourth largest and the biggest jackpot we’ve had yet in 2019.It typically takes Powerball about one to two hours to process all the tickets and announce if someone won after the drawing, and we found out the results around 12:50 a.m. At least one person won the Powerball jackpot tonight in Wisconsin, so the Saturday jackpot will reset at $40 million. Tonight’s winning numbers were 16 – 20 – 37 – 44 – 62 and a red Powerball of 12. The Powerplay tonight was 3x. People are already mourning that they didn’t win. Dang it! Somebody won! And it wasn’t me. ?#Powerball — Roxy (@shemaone) March 28, 2019 It could be a while before we find out who won in Wisconsin, and it could have been a group pool with multiple people splitting the winnings. It typically takes some time for people to come forward while they get their finances ready and hire an attorney to help with the winnings. The winner has 180 days in Wisconsin to come forward to claim their prize. And in Wisconsin you can’t stay anonymous if you win. State law requires the winner’s name and city of residence to be released if requested, Fox 6 reported. Winners’ names are posted on the lottery’s website and Facebook page too. The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Powerball’s largest jackpot winners include a $1.6 billion jackpot in January 2016. The March 29 Powerball was expected to reach at least $750 million. The $750 million amount is what you would be paid total as an annuity, pre-tax. This means you wouldn’t be getting $750 million dollars up front if you won. Instead, the winnings would be spread out over 30 multimillion-dollar annual payments for 29 years, starting with one immediate payment. Each year’s payment is 5 percent bigger than the previous one, to help protect against inflation. If you take the lump-sum cash option, you’ll get a one-time, lump-sum payment. It won’t be $750 million, but it will be equal to all the cash that’s in the Powerball jackpot prize pool. Powerball currently estimates the cash option to be $465.5 million (before tax, of course.) After federal taxes, that amount is $353.78 million. Just how much you’ll take home after state taxes is explored in Heavy’s story here. In order to win the Powerball jackpot tonight, you have to match all five white balls in any order, and you have to match the red Powerball number too. If you only match one of the white balls tonight, you won’t win any money. But if you only match one number and it happens to be the red Powerball, you’ll walk away with $4. Not a lot, but enough to buy yourself a couple more tickets. Here’s how the other matches work. If you match all five white balls, in any order, but not the Powerball, then you’ll get $1 million. If you match four out of five of the white balls and the Powerball, you’ll win $50,000. The amount you win drops dramatically after this. You have two ways to win $100: either match four out of five of the white balls OR match three white balls and the Powerball. Next is your shot at $7. You’ll win $7 if you either match three out of five of the white balls OR you match two white balls and the Powerball. Last is your shot at $4, which you could use to buy two more Powerball tickets if you wanted. You’ll get this if you match one white ball and the Powerball OR if you just match the Powerball. Powerball is played in 44 states in the U.S., plus D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.<doc-sep>UPDATE: Did anyone win the Powerball last night? Here’s where single winning ticket was sold for $768.4M jackpot The Powerball lottery jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing is estimated at $768 million - potentially the third-largest prize in U.S. lottery history. The winning numbers are: 16, 20, 37, 44, 62. Powerball: 12. Power Play: 3x. The cash option for the drawing was worth an estimated $465.5 million While no one hit Saturday’s $638.8 million jackpot, plenty of people won smaller, yet still substantial prizes. In New Jersey, eight tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball and are worth $50,000. Nationally, 10 tickets matched five numbers but not the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing. Eight of the second-prize tickets are worth $1 million, with two valued at $2 million because the winners spent an extra $1 to exercise the Power Play option. Two of the $1 million tickets were sold in New York City - one in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx, New York Lottery officials said. The Powerball jackpot was last won by David Johnson, a 56-year-old supermarket worker from Brooklyn, New York. He hit the $298.3 million jackpot on Dec. 26. Johnson chose the cash option worth $180,227,550 and received $114,091,248 after taxes were deducted. Since then, 25 twice-weekly drawings have been held without a jackpot winner. Prior to Johnson’s jackpot win the day after Christmas, no one had hit the Powerball top prize since Oct. 27. That’s when two ticket holders - one in New York and one in Iowa - split a $687.8 million jackpot. Lerynne West, 51, of Redfield, Iowa, and Robert Bailey, of New York City, each won about $343.9 million. They both chose the cash option of about $198 million. After taxes, Bailey, 67, walked away with a check for $125 million. The total prize was, at the time, the fourth largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The Powerball jackpot was won eight times last year, including once in New Jersey. On May 18, Little Ferry resident Tayeb Souami won the $315.3 million prize with a ticket he bought at ShopRite in Hackensack. The 55-year-old father of two said he worked as an accountant for a food importing company, but quit his job after learning he hit the jackpot. That prize is the fourth biggest lottery win in New Jersey. Earlier this month, a 54-year-old man who lives in Alpha, Warren County hit the $273 million Mega Millions drawing. The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million. Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Earlier this month, a 54-year-old man who lives in Alpha, Warren County hit the $273 million Mega Millions drawing. Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman. Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Have a tip? Tell us. nj.com/tips Get the latest updates right in your inbox. Subscribe to NJ.com’s newsletters. Have a tip? Tell us. nj.com/tips<doc-sep>LANSING, Mich. – A single winning ticket for the third largest lottery jackpot in history was sold in Wisconsin for the $768 million drawing held on Wednesday, Mar. 27. The jackpot jumped from $750 million to $768 million prior to the drawing, making it the third largest in history, surpassing the mark of $758 million which was previously in the third spot. Because someone won the jackpot, the drawing on Saturday, Mar. 30 will be worth $40 million with a cash option of $24.8 million. The Powerball Numbers (white) for Mar. 27: 16-20-37-44-62 The Red Powerball Power Number: 12 The Power Play Number: 3 Powerball winners for Mar. 27: · Along with the grand prize winner, nine players matched all five white numbers drawn to win $1 million. Those tickets were sold in Arizona, California, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and New York with two winners in California. · The player in Kansas and Minnesota also played the Power Play option which increased their winnings to $2 million. · Prior to the drawing the jackpot increased from $750 million to $768 million. · In Michigan, six tickets sold won $50,000. That was the largest prize won in the state. · There were 5,448,855 tickets sold in the drawing that won at least $4. In Michigan, there were 158,843 tickets sold that won at least $4 in the drawing. Powerball is offered in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Players select five white numbers from (1 to 69) and one red ball (1 to 26). Tickets cost $2 each. In other Michigan Lottery news: · The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday, Mar. 29 with an estimated jackpot of $75 million and cash option of $46.6 million. · The next Lotto 47 drawing is Saturday, Mar. 30 at 7:29 p.m. with a jackpot of $2.85 million. Deadline is 7:08 p.m. that day. · Thursday's Fantasy 5 jackpot is an estimated $149,000. The drawing is at 7:29 p.m. Deadline is 7:08 p.m. For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site , which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games. Friday night’s winner is the latest winner in the state who has won more than $1 million playing the lottery. Earlier this month, a Wayne County woman claimed a $4 million winning instant lottery ticket. The 28-year-old said she’d actually dreamed of winning a $4 million lottery prize just a few months before her big win. The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot were Kevin and Stephanie Blake of Waterford who $21 million after splitting a $42 million jackpot on Oct. 13, 2017. Kevin picked the winning numbers by using a combination of family birthdays. After winning, the couple said they would not retire and would continue working. And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a winner worth $1 million sold in Ypsilanti last year went unclaimed this month as well. The ticket was purchased at the CVS in Ypsilanti, but the winner never came forward to claim the prize. The money instead went to the state’s School Aid Fund. Speaking of coming forward, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot from last year finally came forward this month as well. The winner’s identity was not revealed however as the player is from South Carolina, a state that allow winners to conceal their identity when claiming jackpot prizes. If you’d like to be the next player from Michigan to win a huge lottery prize, take a look at these tips from lottery expert Richard Lustig. The author of “Learn How To Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Lottery” has won more than $1 million in Florida by winning top jackpot prizes in smaller games.<doc-sep>
Business Powerball Winning Numbers For 3/27/2019 Drawing: $750M Jackpot Here are the winning Powerball numbers for the jackpot drawing on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Reply The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday, March 27, has reached $750 million. (Image courtesy of Powerball) The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday is the third-largest prize in the game's history and is worth an estimated $750 million — the fourth biggest jackpot in all U.S. lottery history, game officials said. The one-time cash payout for the Wednesday, March 27, Powerball drawing will be a whopping $465.5 million, authorities estimate. The Powerball jackpot was last won by a player in New York in the Dec. 26, 2018, drawing, officials said. What time are the winning Powerball numbers drawn? Numbers are selected every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time, with Powerball results typically posted within five minutes. In most states, ticket sales stop at least an hour before the drawing, but a state may cut off sales earlier, such as Illinois, which ends sales three hours before the drawing. In Maryland and New Jersey, ticket sales end at 9:59 p.m.; in Virginia, they close at 10 p.m. Check with your state lottery for the sales cut-off time. The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, March 27, are: 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball of 12. As the Powerball jackpot reached top-four territory, lottery officials reminded players to be mindful of what they can afford to spend. "It's easy to get excited about such a life-changing jackpot," David Barden, Powerball chairman, said in a news release. "Just remember, it only takes one $2 ticket for a chance to win. Please, play responsibly." Lottery officials say players should check their tickets for ways to win smaller prizes. Eight tickets matched all five white balls, but missed matching the red Powerball in Saturday's drawing to win a $1 million prize. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, two in New York and South Carolina. Two other tickets, sold in Florida and Wisconsin, matched all five white balls and doubled the prize to $2 million, because the tickets included the Power Play option for an additional $1. In total, there were more than 3.7 million winning tickets across all prize tiers. The largest Powerball jackpot in history was $1.586 billion, which was shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016. Someone in South Carolina claimed the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot on Oct. 23, 2018.