New Jersey lottery players have heard this story a few times already this year in lottery games, but the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing has now reached $200 million.
There was no Powerball jackpot winner Saturday night, marking the 10th consecutive drawing without anyone winning the big prize. Five players matched the first five numbers to win $200,000, none of them from New Jersey. If any second-place prize winners had chosen the Power Play option on their ticket, it would have been worth $1 million.
According to Lottery Post, the estimated lump-sum cash value for the jackpot on Wednesday will be $105.2 Million.
Wednesday's drawing will be the second time in the past year that Powerball players are going after a $200 million jackpot. On April 6, 2011, a ticket sold in Indiana won $218 million. Before that, the last jackpot greater than $200 million won a $261.6 million Powerball jackpot, the ticket being sold in Ohio. The winner claimed their prize anonymously.
New Jersey has had great success with its lottery games, and New Jersey Newsroom reported that legislation is pending that would make New Jersey the first state to offer lotteries online.
POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS FOR WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2011
8, 18, 38, 46, 56 and Powerball 31 (PPx4)
The money has certainly been out there for local players. Megamillions.com reported that seven players from Albany won a $319 million jackpot on the March 25, drawing, while two winning tickets split $380 million on January 4.
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Last week the Lottery announced that two New Jersey Lottery players took the third prize of $10,000 for the Tuesday, May 24 Mega Millions drawing. According to lottery.com, 29,501 other players from New Jersey won $180,764 in prizes between $2 to $150 in that drawing.
The site also says the first semi-finalist drawing for New Jersey Lottery's Million Dollar Replay will take place on Thursday, June 2nd 2011. Players who enter $10 worth of qualifying tickets by then win $250 and become eligible for a Grand Prize of $1 million.
In order to play, lottery players must be registered members of the VIP Club on NJLottery.net.
