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Powerball jackpot builds to $157 million; 2 players won the second prize
Updated: Thursday, May 6, 2021 01:32 AM
Mass Powerball News and Payout for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 Drawing
There has been another rollover in the grand prize for the multistate Powerball lottery - to $157 million. The lump-sum cash payout will be an estimated $108.2 million. The grand prize grew because nobody hit all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's $142 million drawing. The winning numbers from Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 drawing were 16-23-28-40-63 and Powerball number was 01. The Powerball jackpot has been rolling over for 128 draws since Saturday, February 15th, 2020. A single lucky player from Michigan won the $70.00 million top prize in Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 drawing.
Although there was no grand prize winner Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were 2 lucky tickets matched all 5 white ball numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the 2nd prize. The two lucky ticket(s) purchased in Florida(1) and Michigan(1), each won 1 million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 8 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. 3 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that multiplied the prize 4 times to $40,000 cash! Additional prizes won Wednesday evening included 316 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 81 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash! 676 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 187 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to win a total win of $200 each.
With nine different prize tiers, the Wednesday night's drawing generated 525,588 winning tickets nationwide with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Powerball drawings are held 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Power Play, which multiplies the original prizes except grand prize. The odds of winning any prizes are about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 175 million. The minimum Powerball jackpot is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment payments. Winners may choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
There were 11,055 Powerball winning tickets sold in the state of Massachusetts. Find below the Massachusetts Powerball prize payout highlights for the Wednesday, May 5th, 2021's drawing.
- 10 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $100 each.
- 20 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball and won $100 each.
- 497 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $7 each.
- 354 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball and won $7 each.
- 2958 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball and won $4 each.
- 7216 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only and won $4 each.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $100,000 each.
- 5 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
- 75 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
- 56 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
- 495 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
- 1109 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.
| Wed May 05, 2021 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $142,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 316 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 676 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 18,522 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 13,777 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 109,221 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 260,780 |
| Wed May 05, 2021 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $1,000/day for life | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 81 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 187 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 5,988 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 4,136 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 32,777 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 79,114 |
| Wed May 05, 2021 Powerball Payout of Massachusetts(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $142,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 10 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 20 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 497 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 354 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 2,958 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 7,216 |
| Wed May 05, 2021 Powerball Payout of Massachusetts(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $1,000/day for life | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $100,000 | 2 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 5 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 75 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 56 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 495 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 1,109 |
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Next Draw: Wed Aug 6, 2025
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Change: +$23,000,000
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