Powerball Winning Numbers

Wouldn’t it be nice to know that you selected, whether intentionally or randomly, the Powerball winning numbers? That is a feat that is easier said than done. There are 175.3 million number combinations for this lottery draw. The odds of winning said lottery are an astounding 292.2 million to 1. That to me is mind boggling on its own. Even with those odds, the lure of fast money and huge life changing jackpots continues to draw us in. More than ever before.

More people play the Powerball than any other online lottery. Obviously more accessibility via the internet has helped to skyrocket sales of tickets.  Another reason is the shear size of the jackpots achieved in Powerball. There have been numerous rollover jackpots during the time that Powerball has been in existence. I believe the current largest number of rollovers is 19, but it could be more. The most well known of these rollover super jackpots was the $1.5 billion in January of this year. Talk about a life changing amount of money!

So what are the winning numbers in the five largest Powerball jackpots? Would you like to know that had you played the game during these mega jackpots, you would have had at least a share of the main prize? You might want to skip this if you feel that knowing you would have won but you didn’t play…

1. $1.6 billion drawing on January 13, 2016    04 08 19 27 34 10*
2. $590 million  drawing on May 18, 2013    22 10 13 14 52 11*
3. $587 million  drawing on November 28, 2012   5 23 16 22 29 6*
4. $564 million  drawing on February 11, 2015    11 13 25 39 54 19*
5. $487 million  drawing on July 30, 2016    11 17 21 23 32 5*

Did your lucky numbers match any of the ones drawn for the mega jackpots? If they did I hope you played them and at least got a share of the prizes awarded. The least amount of money won was $4 and that was paid out to 12,283,803 players and the most won on a single ticket excluding the jackpot was two million each and that was paid to eight players.

It’s truly amazing how difficult it can be to pick a total of six numbers to match the randomly selected balls for the draw. Especially when you think of how many people play the game each draw. Millions and millions of wrong guesses happen all the time. I’m a believer that on number has just as good a chance as any other number. In theory. But as luck would have it, there are some numbers that come in more than others on a regular basis. Unfortunately i have not been able to crack the code on grabbing a life changing jackpot!