Winning Powerball Numbers For Oct. 7, 2017, $112 Million Prize

UPDATE: The winning Powerball jackpot numbers for Oct. 7, 2017, are: 10-49-61-63-65 and red ball 7.

From earlier:

AUSTIN, TX — The Powerball jackpot has reached nine figures after nobody drew the winning numbers this past Wednesday. It's now up to a whopping $112 million with an estimated cash option of $70 million.

Simply stated, that's a lot of money. Granted, as the jackpot grows the odds of winning decrease. But still.

Nobody drew the winning numbers at the last drawing that took place on Wednesday night. Those numbers for Wednesday, Oct. 4, were: 22-23-62-63-66 and red ball 24.

We publish these past, unmatched numbers not to mock your non-winnings, but to remind you to check the digits as smaller prizes are given for matching fewer than all six numbers. To check on such consolation prizes and match the close-but-no-cigar matches on your previously purchased ticket, click here.

And now for the disclaimer part of this story that, if uttered aloud, would be delivered in a monotone, briskly uttered, sotto voce, staccato speech style not unlike those pharmaceutical commercials describing side effects on the television:

• In the case of discrepancy between these numbers and the official drawing results, the official drawing results will prevail.
• View the Webcast of the official drawings.
• Tickets must be claimed no later than 180 days after the draw date.
• A ticket is not a valid winning ticket until it is presented for payment and meets the Commission's validation requirements.
• The Grand Prize is paid in 30 annual graduated installments.
• Annual payments for Powerball are not equal.
• Each payment will be greater than the previous year's payment.
• 2 Power Play Prize Amount - A Power Play Match Five (5 + 0) prize is set at $2,000,000 regardless of the Power Play number selected.
• All other non-Grand prizes will be multiplied by the Power Play number selected.
• Beginning with the October 7, 2015 drawing, prize tiers 3 - 9 will be multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times when the Power Play feature is purchased.
• The 10X Power Play multiplier will be available for drawings in which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is $150 million or less.
• Click here to view the Power Play prize chart.
• For payout information of all participating states please visit www.powerball.com.

Check back later tonight, when we'll have the winning numbers as an update to this story. Or watch your local newscast to look for the numbers appear (typically in the form of a graphic while the newscaster recounts the day's news) somewhere around 10:15 p.m. or so.

Back to those odds. According to a chart found by clicking here provided by lottery officials, the odds of winning tonight's jackpot are roughly one in 292 million. You still feeling lucky? Sorry to be a Debbie Downer about this. Disregard this paragraph entirely, and let's just pretend it never happened.

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