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Powerball Winning Numbers Saturday, Aug. 12
Lots of winners in this week's Powerball. Winning numbers for Saturday, Aug. 12. Were you one of them?
It's time to start buying Powerball tickets again.
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is expected to grow to about $430 million.
Two tickets with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, were sold, and are worth just under $811,000.
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The numbers drawn were 20, 24, 26, 35, 49 and the Powerball number was 19. The estimated jackpot was $356 million.
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Still, there's reason to check your tickets, as Powerball offers lots of ways to win
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Powerball website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.
The Powerball game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
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