The Powerball jackpot for Monday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $125 million with a cash option of $59.6 million.
The winning numbers were: 5, 9, 32, 39 and 55. The Powerball was 9, with a Power Play of 2X.
While no one across the country hit Saturday’s $115.5 million jackpot, two second-prize, $1 million tickets were sold, including one at Bottle Kings on Gordons Corner Road in Manalapan. The other was bought in Indiana. Both matched five numbers but the not the Powerball.
There was also a third-prize, $50,000 ticket purchased at ShopRite on Elizabeth Avenue in the Somerset section of Franklin in Somerset County. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball.
Saturday’s winning numbers were 26, 51, 54, 61 and 69. The Powerball was 25, with a Power Play of 3X.
In addition, no one hit the secondary $10 million Double Play drawing. Those winning numbers were: 6, 28, 49, 53 and 69. The Double Play number drawn was 8.
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, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.
Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $137 million with a cash option of $64.5 million.
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