Winning Powerball Numbers For Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017: $128M Jackpot

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — There was once again no winner of the Powerball jackpot Saturday, which means the winnings for the Wednesday, Oct. 11 drawing have been increased to $128 million, with a $79.7 million cash value. However, a whopping $6,496,497 worth of various non-jackpot prizes were awarded to 688,791 lucky players last week.

Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. central time.

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Oct. 11 are: 1-3-13-19-69 with a red Powerball number of 23.

The record in the Powerball jackpot was a $1.6 billion drawing in January 2016, which was won by a couple from Tennessee.

Minnesota’s First Billion Dollar Winner

The Minnesota Lottery is celebrating Minnesota’s First Billion Dollar Winner ... Minnesotans and the Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Minnesota Patch, click here to find your local Minnesota Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets here, via the Minnesota Lottery.

The Minnesota Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), which receives a portion of every dollar played on lottery games, has hit an incredible milestone; the value of the fund has surpassed $1 billion.

ENRTF has helped fund projects in each of Minnesota’s 87 counties, including the following projects:

Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture

• $1,229,000 – Emerald Ash Borer Research and Control Implementation
• $368,000 – Testing for pesticides and other chemicals in public drinking water
• $250,000 – Reducing pollution in the Minnesota River
• $1,157,000 – Elimination of target invasive plant species
• $205,000 – Agriculture land preservation

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (NE and NW)

• $87,000 – Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan
• $300,000 – Mitigating Mercury in Minnesota Lakes and Streams
• $750,000 – Reducing Carbon Footprint of Minnesota Schools
• $375,000 – Red River Valley Planning and Management
• $700,000 – Assessment of Urban Air Pollution

Pheasants Forever

• $100,000 – Minnesota Pollinator Partnership
• $16,301,000 – Minnesota’s Habitat Conservation Partnership
• $24,857,000 – Restoring Minnesota’s Fish and Wildlife Habitat Corridors
• $732,000 – Minnesota Bee and Beneficial Species Habitat Restoration

A portion of lottery proceeds have been directed to the Minnesota Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund since 1990. A percentage of the Trust Fund’s value is awarded annually via a competitive process.
The recent Powerball jackpot run resulted in Minnesotans collecting $4,084,276 in prizes, including a $1 million winner. The 21-drawing run also generated $3.1 million for the Trust Fund.

About the Minnesota Lottery:

Lottery players have won more than $6.9 billion since 1990. More than $2.8 billion in lottery proceeds have helped make Minnesota an even better place to live, according to a news release. More than $1.1 billion has helped fund projects in each of Minnesota’s 87 counties that preserve, restore and protect Minnesota’s environment and $1.6 billion has helped fund state programs including education, public safety and health & human services.

Image via Minnesota Lottery, used with permission