Fortune Smiles on Powerball Players: $143 Million Jackpot Split Between Two Tickets
The latest Powerball draw proved to be a lucky occasion for two participants, as they hit the jackpot, with each set to receive a share of the whopping $143 million prize. The fortunate tickets were bought in Indiana and Kansas.
A Night of Numerous Winners
But the wealth didn't stop with the jackpot winners. The draw also created dozens of new millionaires, with many tickets successfully claiming prizes of $2 million and $1 million. Let's take a look at the breakdown of winners across different states:
$2 Million Prizes
Several states celebrated winners of the substantial $2 million prize. These are the lucky states that had winners who correctly guessed the five white balls with the Power Play upgrade:
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Indiana (Five winners)
- Kansas
- Louisiana (Five winners)
- Mississippi
- New Jersey (Four winners)
- Oregon (Three winners)
- Pennsylvania (Two winners)
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Wisconsin (Two winners)
$1 Million Prizes
Not far behind, the following states also had winners, with each bagging a cool $1 million by matching the five white balls:
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois (Three winners)
- Indiana (14 winners)
- Kansas (Five winners)
- Kentucky
- Louisiana (Six winners)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska (Two winners)
- New Jersey (14 winners)
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania (Five winners)
- Wisconsin (Four winners)
Smaller Prizes in Ohio
Ohio also had its share of winners, with several residents landing different monetary prizes. Here's a rundown:
- $200 prize: 9 winners
- $100 prize: 12 winners
- $14 prize: 275 winners
- $8 prize: 3,348 winners
- $7 prize: 544 winners
- $4 prize: 6,047 winners
The winning combination for this draw consisted of the numbers 3, 19, 35, 51, 67 and Powerball 15, with the Power Play option being 2x. Now, the jackpot resets to its initial amount of $20 million for the upcoming draw, offering a cash option worth $9.1 million. The likelihood of winning the jackpot is estimated to be one in 292,201,338.
Previous Big Wins in Ohio
Ohio has a history of big lottery wins. Some of the notable victors include:
- A $150,000 winner in North Ridgeville from an Aces and 8s scratch-off game
- A Cleveland resident who won $1 million a year for life in the Millionaire For Life draw on April 27
- A $140,000 winner in Wickliffe from the Rolling Cash 5 draw
- A $2.4 million winner in Akron from the Set For Life scratch-off game
- Two winners splitting a $482,000 jackpot in Wakeman and Toledo from the Rolling Cash 5 draw
- A $3 million winner in Norwalk from the Wild Cash Tripler game
- A $150,000 winner in Cleveland from the Cash Explosion 25X scratch-off game
- A $100,000 winner in Cleveland from the Powerball draw on April 6
- A $1 million winner in Lebanon from the Powerball draw on March 30
- A $60 million jackpot winner in Van Wert from the Mega Millions draw on March 17
- A $100,000 winner in Sheffield Village from the Mega Millions draw on March 13
- A $1 million winner in Akron from the Bonus Play Millions scratch-off game
- A $130,000 winner in Bedford from the Rolling Cash 5 draw on Feb. 14
- A $3.5 million jackpot winner in Akron from the Classic Lotto draw on Feb. 4
- A $1 million winner in Cleveland from the Billion scratch-off game
- A $130,000 winner in Strongsville from the Rolling Cash 5 draw on Jan. 15
- A $1 million winner in Akron from the Powerball draw on Jan. 10