The US lottery Powerball jackpot has grown to 3억3,200만 dollars.
In the September 21 drawing, a UK participant matched five white-ball numbers and received 100만 dollars.
The remaining jackpot prize and a second-tier win are different matters.
3-Line Summary
1. The Powerball jackpot is 3억3,200만 dollars
2. A UK participant received 100만 dollars
3. The jackpot and a five-number win are different
There Was No Jackpot Winner in the September 21 Drawing
According to gambling-industry outlet Gambling News, the jackpot in the September 21 Powerball drawing was 3억1,400만 dollars, and the cash lump-sum option was 1억3,380만 dollars. The white-ball numbers drawn were 2, 7, 9, 17, and 58; the red Powerball number was 20; and the Power Play multiplier was 2x.
No jackpot winner matched all six numbers in this drawing. As a result, the jackpot ahead of the next Wednesday drawing increased to 3억3,200만 dollars. The North Carolina Education Lottery also listed the same amount as the annuity jackpot option and said the cash lump-sum option was 1억4,170만 dollars.
An annuity and a cash lump sum are not the same terms. When viewing the two amounts side by side, the first point to consider is that they represent different payment options available to the winner, rather than assuming that the prize amount has decreased.
The UK Participant’s Win Was Not the Jackpot
This drawing produced the second “Match 5” winner in the UK. Match 5 means matching all five white-ball numbers, and according to reports, the prize was 100만 dollars. The winning conditions differ from those for the jackpot, which also requires matching the red Powerball number.
In the same drawing, 14 participants matched four white-ball numbers and the Powerball number. Of them, 8 received 5만 dollars each, while the 6 participants covered by Power Play received 10만 dollars each. This is why lower-tier wins continued even though the jackpot rolled over.
The North Carolina Education Lottery said that more than 1만2,400 tickets became winning tickets in that Monday’s Powerball drawing in the state. However, the fact that many small-prize and lower-tier winning tickets were issued does not mean that the chance of winning the jackpot has increased.
The Number: 2억9,200만 to 1
The North Carolina Education Lottery gave the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot as 2억9,200만 to 1. The jackpot odds for Mega Millions, which was mentioned alongside it that week, were 2억9,000만 to 1.
Interest grows as the jackpot gets larger, but no evidence was presented that the conditions or odds for an individual ticket to win the jackpot had changed. The point to distinguish in this news is that the “3억3,200만-dollar jackpot” and the “UK 100만-dollar Match 5 win” were different-tier results from the same drawing.
References
- NC Education Lottery, Powerball and Mega Millions race towards $600 million in total jackpots
- Gambling News, Another Player in the UK Wins Match 5 Prize from Powerball
- INQUIRER.net USA, Powerball jackpot grows to $332 million
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