by Blaise
Powerball Jackpot up to $85 million
Jul 29 2010 in Lottery News by Blaise
There was no winner in last night’s Powerball drawing. Saturday’s jackpot is now estimated to be up to $85 million. While that is quite a large number (yikes!), it is by now means unusual in the history of Powerball jackpots. According to Powerball.com, this year’s winners have had the following jackpots:
| Unknown Ohio |
June 2, 2010 | Unknown | $261,600,000 annuity $134,917,238.27 cash |
| Chris Shaw Missouri |
April 21, 2010 | Cash | $258,500,000.00 annuity $124,875,122.48 cash |
| Sandra Mcneil New Jersey |
March 13, 2010 | Cash | $211,700,000.00 annuity $101,600,000.00 cash |
| Frank Griffin North Carolina |
February 6, 2010 | Cash | $141,400,000.00 annuity $69,682,459.88 cash |
| Name Withheld Arkansas |
January 2, 2010 | Cash | $25,000,000.00 annuity $12,153,621.78 cash |
The average jackpot won was $179,640,000! So the $85 million estimated jackpot for this Saturday is not that large by historical standards. Given that the odds of winning are over 1 in 195,000,000, that really shouldn’t be a surprise.
