Powerball jackpot increases to $171,000,000 Saturday; One player matched the first 5 numbers

Texas Powerball lottery News and Payout for Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 Drawing

The jackpot in America's favorite Powerball lottery game continues to go up exciting players all across the country. Because nobody correctly hit all 5 white ball numbers and the Powerball number in Saturday's drawing the grand prize will jump to an estimated $171,000,000! The cash option stands at a projected $$81.4 million. The winning numbers from Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 drawing were 23, 34, 37, 50, 58 with Power Ball 07. No one won the Powerball grand prize in the past 12 draws since Saturday, July 6th, 2024. The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in OH, matched all six numbers for a $138,000,000 top prize.

Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There was a single lucky player that correctly matched all five lotto numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) sold in CA, each won 1 million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

Other prizes won Wednesday night included 7 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. There were 4 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 163 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 43 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! There were 449 tickets that matched three white ball numbers plus the Powerball and also won $100. 147 additional players not just matched 3+1, but also bought the Power Play option, doulbled the winnings to $200 cash each ticket.

With nine prize levels, there were 419,991 tickets nationwide won a total of \$0 prizes in the Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 drawing.

Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. To play Powerball, select 5 numbers from a set of 69 then select a Powerball number from 1 to 26. The minimum Powerball grand prize starts at $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.

There were 18,272 Powerball winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the Texas Powerball prize payout highlights for the Wednesday, July 31st, 2024's drawing.

• 12 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $100 each.
• 22 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball and won $100 each.
• 623 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $7 each.
• 577 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball and won $7 each.
• 4794 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball and won $4 each.
• 12244 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only and won $4 each.
• 9 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 20 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 489 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 415 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 3565 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.
• 9387 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.

U.S.A. Powerball Payout 2024-07-31 Match Prize Amount # of Winners Where 5 of 5 + Powerball $154,000,000.00 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 1 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 7 4 of 5 $100.00 163 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 449 3 of 5 $7.00 10,620 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 9,549 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 79,245 Powerball Only $4.00 204,557 With Power Play Match Prize Amount # of Winners Where 5 of 5 with Power Play $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $100,000.00 4 4 of 5 with Power Play $200.00 43 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 147 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 3,761 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 3,464 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 29,584 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 78,397 Texas Powerball Payout 2024-07-31 Match Prize Amount # of Winners Where 5 of 5 + Powerball $154,000,000.00 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 0 4 of 5 $100.00 12 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 22 3 of 5 $7.00 623 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 577 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 4,794 Powerball Only $4.00 12,244 With Power Play Match Prize Amount # of Winners Where 5 of 5 with Power Play $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $100,000.00 0 4 of 5 with Power Play $200.00 9 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 20 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 489 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 415 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 3,565 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 9,387