With both of the big jackpot games offering grand prizes well over $400 million, there’s no bad choice if you’re looking to try your luck. If you’re playing tonight, then Powerball is your game. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $420 million for Oct. 12. If there’s a winner tonight, their cash option for the prize would be $215.2 million, before withholding.
People are taking notice of the soaring jackpot, as made evident by the several second-prize winners in the last drawing. Powerball players in Florida, Illinois, and Minnesota all matched the first five numbers drawn on Monday to win $1 million each. Yet another ticket, sold in Iowa, matched those first five numbers with Power Play. That ticket is worth $2 million.
Check tonight’s winning Powerball numbers below, after the drawing at 11 p.m. ET.
Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Winning numbers: 14 – 30 – 41 – 42 – 59
Powerball: 6
Multiplier: 5x
Two PA Lottery players hit big Powerball prizes on Monday
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the largest prize hit in the previous drawing was $100,000. Two different tickets, sold with the Power Play option, hit that prize by matching four of the five white balls, plus the red Powerball.
Power Play is the $1 ticket option that multiplies all prizes except for the jackpot.
One of those big winners was sold at Giant Eagle at 200 Station Street in McDonald, Washington County. The other was sold at a Walmart store located at 200 Kocher Lane in Elizabethville, Dauphin County.
Winners aren’t known until the prizes are claimed, so check your tickets today. Monday’s winning numbers were 3-6-11-17-22, and the Powerball was 11.
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Online or in-store, always remember to play responsibly.
