Tag

But Powerball did make two players new millionaires this week.

Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $110 million jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments; or the cash option, which is approximately $69 million.

The previous record for scratch sales was $202.3 million back in the 2013 fiscal year.

Powerball has drawn numbers for a $100 million prize.

He said he later returned there to scan the ticket to see if it was a victor and couldn’t believe when it said he’d won.

No one matched Friday’s winning Mega Millions numbers of 33, 50, 64, 71 and 72 with the Mega Ball of 9, so the jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing has jumped to $96 million. Your odds of winning $4 will improve from 1 in 111 to 1 in 92. “The estimated jackpot will be...