While Commonwealth residents have yet to secure the victory, smaller Powerball wins in Virginia are starting to accumulate as players nationwide pursue the unprecedented $1.9 billion jackpot.
To start off, the upcoming Powerball draw is scheduled for Monday, November 7th, with a deadline to purchase Powerball plays set at 10 p.m. The drawings take place at 10:59 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Each opportunity to win the jackpot requires a $2 investment.
Keep in mind that the chances of winning any prize are not in your favor, so only gamble with money you can afford to lose. However, for those who dare to dream big, here’s a breakdown of the prize amounts and odds.
- If you manage to correctly guess all six numbers, you will win the grand prize, which has odds of 1 in 292,201,338.
- If the Powerball number is incorrect, you will win a prize of $1 million, with odds of 1 in 11,688,053.52.
- The prize money awarded for getting five correct numbers, including the correct Powerball, is $50,000. The odds of achieving this feat are 1 in 913,129.18.
- You have a chance of 1 in 14,494.11 or 1 in 36,525.17 to win $100 by correctly guessing any four numbers with or without the correct Powerball.
- You have a chance of 1 in 701.33 to win $7 if you correctly guess three numbers with the Powerball, or 1 in 579.76 without the Powerball.
- You can win $4 if you guess the correct Powerball number, which has a 1-in-38.32 chance of happening. Alternatively, if you guess both the correct Powerball number and another number correctly, you have a 1-in-91.98 chance of winning.
There is a 1-in-25 chance of winning any prize.
In the state of Virginia, the Powerball game can be played through three different methods provided by the Virginia Lottery. Customers have the option to purchase their tickets from over 5,300 retail locations spread across the entire state.
Tickets for plays can be purchased at valottery.com, as well as through the Virginia Lottery app.
Higher traffic leads to more Virginia Powerball wins
Just over a week ago, the game entered the realm of top-five jackpots. The prize crossed the impressive milestone of $1 billion when the numbers failed to align on various occasions – last Wednesday, this past Saturday, on Halloween night, and on Wednesday. The current highest Powerball record stands at $1.586 billion. This implies that the upcoming Saturday’s jackpot will establish a groundbreaking new world record.
However, the significant number of plays in the past week resulted in several remarkable victories in the Virginia Powerball.
The Virginia Lottery has officially announced a $1 million winner, who purchased their ticket at the 7-Eleven on Soapstone Drive in Reston. This fortunate individual successfully matched all five white balls.
There were two winning Virginia tickets, each worth $100,000, purchased at:
- Spencers Express located on Centralia Road in North Chesterfield.
- Online at valottery.com
The total prize money of $150,000 was won by three tickets, each worth $50,000. These winning tickets were purchased at:
- The Pentagon’s B.O.B. located in Arlington, VA.
- Online at valottery.com
- The 7-Eleven located on Warwick Blvd. in Newport News
In Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, Virginia players were fortunate enough to win over $2.1 million. The Virginia Lottery managed to sell a grand total of 188,911 winning tickets, with prizes varying from $4 to a whopping $1 million ticket sold in Reston. Moving forward, we eagerly await the outcomes of the upcoming Saturday and Monday draws.
Additionally, it is important to keep in mind that the $1.9 billion figure is calculated based on receiving the amount through annuity installments spread over a period of 30 years. However, if jackpot winners prefer to receive the money in a lump sum, they would receive a reduced amount of $929.1 million.
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