Esparragoza netted the prize from Saturday’s Powerball drawing. He matched 5 of the numbers and opted to «powerball» his prize, which allowed him to win five times the usual amount of $200,000. Esparragoza let the computer system at Todd’s Cash & Carry in Wake Forest pick the numbers. The lone winning ticket for Saturday night’s $344.6 million Powerball jackpot was bought in North Carolina, lottery officials confirmed Sunday. Most importantly, you cannot win Powerball if you don’t acquire a ticket in time for the most recent drawing. Each Powerball ticket fees $two, and the deadline to purchase Powerball tickets varies by state.

If a jackpot ticket is not claimed, the funds in the prize pool are returned to members in proportion to the quantity they contributed to the prize pool. The members have different guidelines regulating how unclaimed funds are utilized. The pre-tax amount 파워볼분석기 of the initially annuity payment is approximately 1.505% of the jackpot quantity. Every annuity payment is five% greater than in the prior year to adjust for inflation.

You’re twice as lucky, or superior stated unlucky, to be hit by lightning at this point . If your ticket matches two numbers and the Powerball you’ll get $7 but the odds to get there start to skyrocket to 1 in 701. The existing Powerball jackpot stands at a mighty $441 million, but even this figure is dwarfed by a monstrous $731 million which was won back in the Summer.