US Powerball News

It was a great weekend for the US Powerball lottery, and for American lotteries in general. Not just did the Powerball jackpot rise from $80 million to $90 million, all other big jackpots that are currently awaiting winners increased over the weekend: Mega Millions to $121 million, California SuperLotto to $64 million and the Florida Lotto to $45 million! Although we’re obviously firm US Powerball believers and supporters, we didn’t want to leave this fact unmentioned!

Second place prize winner from Connecticut
Saturday, May 10th, proved to be a lucky day for a Connecticut resident. Why? Because this person matched the five regular numbers in the US Powerball lottery and won the $1 million prize, accordingly! Of course, you could say ‘but he missed the $80 million jackpot’, but that is not how we want to look at winning the second place prize, or any Powerball prize for that matter! In our eyes, the second place prize is a BIG win, and not an amount you receive for not guessing the Powerball number when you matched the five regular numbers. Besides, $1 million is a helluva prize, don’t you agree? We are sure our Connecticut winner fully agrees with us! For an overview of the winning numbers in this 38th draw of the year. check the draw results.

Powerball jackpot on its way to become world’s biggest jackpot
While the Mega Millions jackpot of $121 million is currently the biggest jackpot in the world, the Powerball jackpot is not far behind. And all of us know, that after the $90 million amount has been reached, Powerball jackpot jumps get a lot bigger! So if the jackpots in both lotteries continue to roll over for the next couple of draws, it is only a matter of time until the US Powerball lottery will claim the number one spot on the list of biggest jackpots in the world! In the meantime, make sure to get your Powerball tickets for Wednesday’s upcoming draw: $90 million could just be waiting for you!

‘I’m from the UK, can I play US Powerball online?’
Lottery fans from all over the world, welcome! Feel free to play the US Powerball lottery through this site. If you’re a UK resident, US-Powerball.com is your channel to play and win in the US Powerball lottery – the biggest lottery the world has to offer!

After fifteen rollovers, and for the first time in 2014, we have a Powerball jackpot winner! A lucky Californian player took home the amazing $425 million jackpot with the winning numbers 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and Powerball 34. If this first Powerball jackpot of the year is an indication of what’s to come in the rest of the year, lottery fans are in for a hell of a year!

Powerball winner yet to step forward

Besides the fact that he or she is from California and matched the winning numbers, we do not know anything about the lukcy winner. We’ll have to wait what information we will be able to disclose after the winner comes forward to claim the $425 million jackpot, that has a cash value of $242 million. California is not among the US states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous (this is only allowed in Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota and Ohio).

No world record, but the year is still long

After many speculations about this last draw, we’re now back in reality. The jackpot did not roll over a sixteeth time, it did not reach the half billion dollar amount and it did not set a new world record. It is however the fourth biggest Powerball jackpot in history and the sixth biggest jackpot ever – not earth shattering, but definitely memorable! The Powerball jackpot returns to its default value of $40 million for the next draw, that will happen on Saturday, February 22nd. Still a jackpot worth buying tickets for!

Gloria Mackenzie, the 84 year old Florida resident who won the legendary $590.5 million US Powerball jackpot, back in May of 2013, donated approximately $1.8 million of her enormous winnings to a high school in her native town of East Millinocket, Maine. In a January 3rd, 2014 letter to the school committee, resident Paul Baker, a retired millworker, suggested to rename the Schenck High School to a name that would honour its generous donator. However, one of Gloria Mackenzie’s sons rejected the notion in a brief statement to a local Maine news service – using a Facebook instant message to do so.

“I don’t know how many times I have to say it, but we don’t want the name changed. Period.” stated Scott Mackenzie’s unequivocal message. However, supposedly to respect the initial idea proposed by Paul Baker, a meeting in which the school board will review the idea will take place in early February. Baker stated he proposed the name change not to disrespect the Schenck name, that provides the school’s current moniker, but to honor the donation made by Mackenzie. Apparently, the current name is also often mispronounced as an offensive slang term – which may be an even more important reason to change the school’s name.

The Mackenzie family does not wish to comment on the matter beyond the previously made statement. We expect the proposed name change not to be approved by the school board, but in case the early February school board meeting will have a different outcome, we will follow up in this local Maine matter.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets for tonight’s $171 million US Powerball draw! This is currently the biggest jackpot in the world and you don’t want to miss out on this GREAT opportunity!

The US Powerball lottery will introduce some changes to its rules on January 22nd, 2014, when the powerhouse lottery will be turning its Power Play option into a random multiplier (x2-x5) that will be determined during every draw.

Today’s Power Play option
The US Powerball lottery offers players the option to add the Power Play option on their tickets, at an additional cost. In the current setup, the Power Play increases the amount of money won in all categories but the jackpot by fixed amounts – in the way described below:

Divisions	Match	Payout per Winner	Power Play – Current Payout	Current Multiplier
1st Prize	5+PB	Jackpot	Jackpot (unchanged)	None
2nd Prize	5	US$1.000.000	US$2.000.000	x2
3rd Prize	4+PB	US$10.000	US$40.000	x4
4th Prize	4	US$100	US$200	x2
5th Prize	3+PB	US$100	US$200	x2
6th Prize	3	US$7	US$14	x2
7th Prize	2+PB	US$7	US$14	x2
8th Prize	1+PB	US$4	US$12	x3
9th Prize	0+PB	US$4	US$12	x3

What will change in January 2014
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) announced the re-introduction of the Power Play as a ‘random multiplier’, which will allow all non-jackpot and non-Match 5 prizes (prize divisions 3 throuh 9) to be multiplied by either x2, x3, x4, or x5, depending on the multiplier number that will be drawn as part of Powerball’s Wednesday and Saturday draws.

What Will Remain the Same?

• Match 5’s prize will remain doubled under Power Play ($2,000,000 instead of $1,000,000)
• Jackpots will not be unaffected by Power Play and can not be multiplied
• The cost of tickets and the cost of the Power Play option will remain unchanged
• The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot or any of its secondary prize categories will not be affected

Powerball changes following Mega Millions October 2013 changes
The changes the US Powerball lottery announced, are yet another move in the ongoing tug-of-war between the two leading American lotteries, Mega Millions and US Powerball, as they continue to battle over the affection of the American lottery fans. By introducing this change to the Power Play mechanism, the Powerball Power Play is now Mega Millions’ Megaplier’s equal, both in terms of pricing and reward. As US Powerball and Mega Millions continue to battle each other, the future is looking bright for the true winner – the lotto fan!

Powerball’s $130 million jackpot was won by a New York resident last night. The jackpot is once again set to its $40 million starting amount for the upcoming draw.

This was the 8th time this year that a Powerball jackpot of more than $100 million dollar was awarded. This happy occasion did have a less happy side to it. Why? Well, with this jackpot win, Powerball lost its head to head ‘battle’ with Mega Millions. The Mega Millions jackpot still stands on an impressive $165 million. Can Powerball make up for it in a new run of rollovers?

Five second place prize winners

Other big winners include five second prize winners. One each from Florida, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. All of them missed out on the Power Play option, but still won a solid million each. Congratulations!

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