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Powerball Winning Numbers And Winners For March 30, Watch Live Drawing Video As Jackpot Rolls To $135 Million

By Charisse Van Horn
Published on: 12:17 PST, Mar 31, 2016

The Powerball jackpot is on the rise. The last drawing took place on Wednesday, March 30, and the jackpot was $117.1 million. You can watch the video as it occurred live during the drawing below. Last night’s Powerball winning numbers are as follows: 24, 44, 53, 55, 63, and the Powerball is 19. The power play multiplier is 2x. The next Powerball jackpot drawing will take place on Saturday, April 2, and will be held live at the Florida Lottery studios located in Tallahassee. There is still time to play for the next drawing, and of course, double check your tickets to see if you’re one of the winners.

Powerball is the most popular lottery jackpot game in the United States and it is known for having large prizes. There are nine ways to win Powerball including the grand prize that occurs when someone matches all five white balls and the red Power Ball number. Though no one won the Powerball jackpot last night, there were other winners. No one won the second-tier prize either with or without the power play multiplier. The second-tier Powerball prize is won when the player matches all five white balls, minus the Power Ball. The prize is $1 million and increases to $2 million if the power play multiplier was used. There were 13 winners who matched four white balls plus the Power Ball for a prize worth $50,000. Two users applied the power play multiplier and increased their winnings to $100,000. Many people feel that it is worth it to add the power play option to their games.

There are nine ways to win at Powerball and those who match the Power Ball number always win a prize. Powerball tickets cost $2 per play and the power play multiplier feature is an additional $1. Drawings are held twice weekly and some people prefer to buy multiple tickets and play in each drawing. Those who are new to playing Powerball will find there is a great deal of relevant information located on their official state lottery website that can help them understand the rules of the game. Your local state lottery can also alert you to any scams or fraudulent activity that might be active in your area.

Powerball jackpots always reset to $40 million following a win and this is part of why the lottery game is so popular. Mega Millions jackpots reset to $15 million and while they can climb to large amounts, Powerball jackpots tend to roll at a faster rate and to extremely large amounts. The Jan. 13, $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot was the largest in world history. The jackpot caused a frenzy to break out across the nation and resulted in many people crossing state lines in order to buy a ticket and play the game. Three winning tickets were sold in the billion dollar Powerball jackpot drawing, and the California winner has yet to come forward and claim their prize.

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The next Powerball drawing will take place on Saturday. Stay tuned as we’ll have the live drawing video, winning numbers results, and updates on the winners. Are you going to play Powerball this weekend?

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