Powerball ticket sold millions of dollars in Berks

Powerball ticket sold millions of dollars in Berks:  No shop of Berks County sold a ticket that won $ 1 million in the Powerball drawing Wednesday night.

Because nobody has hit all the numbers-4, 19, 28, 29 and 47 with a 5-the Powerball jackpot has risen to a whopping $ 146 million for the design of Saturday.

The design has produced three winners of 1 million dollars, which matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball.

The ticket of Pennsylvania was bought in a shop of Turkey Hill in Birdsboro furnace Street, about a dozen miles South-East of reading. The other two winners of seven digits were sold in Indiana and Washington State.

Before the January 15, the first five issues of correspondence would be worth $ 200,000.

But in raising the ticket price to $ 2 Powerball also that day, its prizes. jacked

The hope was that the game would produce lots more millionaires. The total so far, however, was modest-five in three designs.

But just wait. On 2 November, for example, a remarkable 19 tickets matching the first five issues. Under the new rules, would have won $ 1 million.

If any of the three winners also had the option of $ 1 power play, the prize would have been increased to 2 million dollars. No one has won that award.

If the jackpot rolls over again on Saturday night, invite rise dramatically for several reasons.

First, of course, plus any jackpot gets, the faster it grows.

Secondly, the jackpot is only 12 million dollars for Mega Millions, another multistate lottery game. The two head to head in 41 States, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Powerball can cost twice as much-Mega Millions is still $ 1-but the jackpot is more than a dozen times larger.

In addition, Powerball seems to be raking in money as fast as before. In July, for example, three designs saw a jackpot worth 76 million dollars up from 57 million dollars, to 133 million dollars. The final three designs saw a jackpot worth 80 million dollars up to 66 million dollars to 146 million dollars.

That is for the annuity, among others. Payment in cash is estimated as $ 91.4 million before taxes, of course.

A note about the game of power: no longer is a number that is used to draw multiple lower premiums. Instead, power play prizes are now fixed in larger quantities. For example, the third prize of level-matching four numbers and the Powerball is now $ 10,000 without the power play, $ 40,000 with it. Match only the same pays $ 3, Powerball but $ 12 with the power play.