Powerball Lottery: The Powerball drawing on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, did not produce a jackpot winner, but it did create some millionaires across the country. One of them was from Ohio, who matched five white balls to win $1 million. The lucky ticket was sold at a gas station in Columbus, according to the Ohio Lottery.
The winning numbers for the $228 million jackpot were 12, 21, 62, 67, and 69, with a Powerball of 17 and a Power Play multiplier of 3x. The cash option for the jackpot was $113.2 million.
$1 Million Winner in Ohio
The Ohioan who won $1 million was the only one in the nation to match five white balls. The odds of doing so are 1 in 11,688,054. The winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize at the Ohio Lottery regional office in Westerville.
The gas station that sold the winning ticket will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Ohio Lottery.
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Other Ohio Winners
In addition to the $1 million winner, there were other Ohioans who won smaller prizes in the Powerball drawing. According to the Ohio Lottery website, here are the prizes and the number of winners in the state:
- $150,000 (match four white balls and the Powerball with Power Play): 6 winners
- $50,000 (match four white balls and the Powerball): 5 winners
- $300 (match four white balls with Power Play): 87 winners
- $100 (match four white balls): 184 winners
- $300 (match three white balls and the Powerball with Power Play): 195 winners
- $100 (match three white balls and the Powerball): 496 winners
- $21 (match two white balls and the Powerball or one white ball and the Powerball or the Powerball only with Power Play): 8,726 winners
- $7 (match two white balls and the Powerball or one white ball and the Powerball or the Powerball only): 20,662 winners
The total number of Ohio winners in the Powerball drawing was 30,361, and the total amount of prizes won was $1,760,628.
Next Powerball Drawing
The Powerball jackpot has been rolling over since it was last won on April 19, 2023, by a ticket in Ohio that claimed a $252.6 million prize. The next Powerball drawing will be on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at 10:59 p.m. ET. The estimated jackpot is $248 million, with a cash option of $122.5 million.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play, and players can add Power Play for an extra $1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes. Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
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