The Powerball lottery pot has ballooned to a staggering $700 million after no one snagged the big prize in this past Wednesday's drawing. The winning numbers were 31, 59, 62, 65, and 68, with the Powerball at 5, as confirmed by WBNS. The Power Play multiplier was 5, a detail that had twofold payoffs for a couple of lucky Ohioans.
While the big jackpot remained elusive for all, Ohio saw an influx of smaller-scale winners from the latest drawing. Two $100,000 tickets were scooped up at Vine Street Tobacco & Beverage in Willoughby and a Kroger store in Sylvania – each of the winners managed to match four out of five numbers plus the Power Play, as FOX8 reports.
Other Ohio winners included one $50,000 prize claimer, while 27 people won a $200 reward. A fair number of locals also pocketed either $100, $14, $8, $7, or worthless $4, totalling to a group of over 33,000 winners within the state, according to details from WBNS.
Despite the smiles of small fortune recipients, the Powerball jackpot maintains its elusive nature, with odds of winning at 1 in 292.2 million — eighth-grade math clarifies that those are not the best chances. The next chance for someone to become a multimillionaire overnight will be on Saturday, Aug. 23, as reported by WKYC.
