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Updated · IndyStar · Aug 23

Powerball Sets $81 Million Jackpot for Aug. 24 Drawing as Cash Option Reaches $34.8 Million

Updated

Updated · IndyStar · Aug 23

Powerball Sets $81 Million Jackpot for Aug. 24 Drawing as Cash Option Reaches $34.8 Million

Q: No one claimed the grand prize, but how many players secretly walked away with the unannounced smaller tier payouts?

At least some smaller-tier prizes were won, but the exact nationwide winner count was not provided in the reports. What is confirmed is that there were no top-tier winners in the Aug. 22 Powerball drawing: no jackpot winner, no Match 5 winner worth $1 million, and no Match 5 + Power Play winner worth $2 million. The additional reporting says players did win lower-level prizes, specifically in the $100, $7 and $4 tiers. Those tiers correspond to the standard Powerball payout chart: $100 for matching four white balls or three white balls plus the Powerball, $7 for matching three white balls or two white balls plus the Powerball, and $4 for matching one white ball plus the Powerball or the Powerball alone. With the 3X Power Play in effect, some of those prizes would have been multiplied for players who bought the add-on. However, no source in the material gives a national total of how many tickets hit those lower tiers on Aug. 22. The Iowa Lottery page referenced in the search results says such counts exist by prize level for tickets purchased in Iowa, but the figures themselves are not shown in the supplied text. So the best-supported answer is that lower-tier payouts did occur, but the number of players who won them was not publicly stated in the provided coverage.

3 articles · Updated · IndyStar · Aug 23

$81 million is at stake in Monday night's Powerball drawing, with the jackpot's lump-sum cash option set at $34.8 million.
The prize reached that level after Saturday's drawing produced no jackpot winner; the winning numbers were 13, 31, 54, 57, 65 and Powerball 23, with a 3x Power Play.
Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and the next drawing after Monday is scheduled for Aug. 26.
$2 buys a standard ticket, while Power Play and Double Play each cost an extra $1; matching only the Powerball wins the minimum $4 prize.
The current run follows a $1.04 billion jackpot won in Illinois on Aug. 12, one of the game's 10 largest prizes.