Feeling lucky? You're not alone. Every Powerball lottery winner wannabe in the country has the winning ticket with the Powerball winning numbers for the Oct. 2, 2013 drawing—or at least they hope they do! Is this the night someone wins the enormous huge $70 million Powerball jackpot? According to New Jersey Lottery officials on Monday, Sept. 30, the one-time cash option is also huge at $40.1 million.
The Wednesday, Oct. 2 Powerball drawing is the fourth go around since one South Carolina Powerball winner hit the massive $400 million jackpot on Sept. 18. The jackpot has been growing by $10 million increments each time they draw the Powerball numbers.
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BREAKING NEWS: The Powerball winning numbers for October 2, 2013 are 4, 6, 25, 42, 51, and the red Powerball number is 17.
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What will you spend all your money on if you end up being the Wednesday, Oct. 2 Powerball jackpot winner? Would you pay off your bills, or buy a new house? One thing is for sure, if you win the $70 million jackpot tonight, you'll be so rich, you can do anything you want! If no one wins the Oct. 2 Powerball jackpot, the next grand prize may reach $80 million, or perhaps even $90 million by the time the next drawing rolls around.
New Jersey Powerball Winner Hits Huge Lottery Prize
Meanwhile, New Jersey Lottery’s Executive Director Carole Hedinger, announced Monday, Sept. 30, that they had another high-tier Powerball winner in the last drawing. A $10,000 winning ticket was purchased in Middlesex County at Avenel Supermarket, 1008 Rahway Ave., in Avenel, New Jersey, for the Saturday, Sept. 28 drawing.
The New Jersey Powerball winner matched four out of five white Powerball winning numbers, AND the red Powerball number for the third-tier prize. Had the New Jersey lottery winner purchased a Power Play ticket for an extra dollar, he or she would have had their prize winnings instantly increased to $40,000 instead of the standard $10,000 prize. Oh well. Better luck next time!
Executive Director Carole Hedinger commented,
"Congratulations to the fortunate lottery player who purchased the winning ticket and to the retailer that sold it. For selling the winning ticket, the retailer has become one more of the Lottery’s ‘lucky locations’ overnight."
What Time is the Powerball Drawing?
The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Oct. 2, 2013 at 10:59 p.m. EDT. Wednesday's estimated jackpot is $70 million annuity, or $40.1 million one time cash-value payment. The Powerball winning numbers are drawn live Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 10:59 p.m. EDT in Florida. The Powerball game is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $2 each.
What's the probability of winning the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, Oct. 2? Lottery officials say the overall odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 175,223,510, meaning you are 251 times more likely to be hit by lightning! The odds of winning any prize is 1 in 31.85.
The largest Powerball jackpot in lottery history was $590.5 million annuity (cash option of $370.8 million). It was won by one Florida lottery winner on May 18, 2013. See the article Florida Powerball lottery winner Gloria MacKenzie claims massive $590M jackpot for more details.
Latest Mega Millions Results
The most recent Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, were 7, 10, 30, 37, 53, the Mega Ball number was 1, and the Megaplier was X 3. There was one Mega Millions jackpot winner from Maryland for this drawing. Read the article Mega Millions winning numbers: Maryland lottery winner hits $189M Mega Millions for more information.
Sources: Powerball.com; New Jersey Lottery
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