Powerball Winning Numbers for the August 17, 2016 Drawing: $94 Million-Jackpot Results in Live Streaming Today
Update - August 17, 2016 - 11:00 p.m ET - Wednesday's Powerball winning numbers:
33, 44, 49, 50, 52 and the Powerball is 8. Powerplay is 3x .
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The Wednesday, Aug. 17, Powerball jackpot has climbed to $94 million with a cash option payment of $66 million.
There were no winners for last Saturday's $82 million grand prize, rolling that jackpot over into Wednesday's drawing. Make sure to check back at this page at 11 p.m. EST for a posting of the latest winning numbers in real time.
The winning numbers in the Aug. 13 game were 38, 44, 60, 64 and 69. The winning Red Powerball Power number was 6 and the Power Play number was 2.
Million Dollar Winner
One player from Georgia matched all five white ball numbers needed to win a prize of $1 million and a player from Michigan matched a combination of four white balls and the Powerball to win $50,000. In all, there were 599, 410 winners of at least $4 each.
Powerball is offered in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Players select five white numbers from (one to 69) and one red ball (one to 26). Tickets cost $2 each. You can watch a live stream here of Wednesday night's drawing.
Mega Millions Jackpot at $61 Million
Meanwhile, the Friday, Aug. 19 Mega Millions jackpot has zoomed to $61 million after there were no jackpot winners in the Aug. 16 game.
The winning numbers in Tuesday's game were 2, 43, 52, 62 and 63. The bonus number was 6 and the megaplier was 5. Five players matched the five white balls needed to win $ 1 million each, winning one of them also playing the megaplier and increasing their winnings to $5 million.
In all, 1,066, 919 players won a collective total of $9, 901, 974. Like Powerball, Mega Millions is played in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $1 each.
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