Powerball Jackpot Leaps To $61 Million

The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 3 winning tickets in Missouri (1), and Pennsylvania (2) each won $1 million with the Power Play option. In total, 472,732 players across the nation won more than $7.7 million in prizes in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $61 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, May 3rd drawing will be an estimated $27 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 19, 30, 35, 40, 41, and the Powerball was 14. The Power Play multiplier was 5.

Three players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Their winning tickets were purchased in Arizona (2), Minnesota (1), and Wisconsin (1). The three lucky players in Missouri (1), and Pennsylvania (2) who matched 5 also wisely purchased the Power Play option and multiplied the $200,000 prize by 5 for a total win of $1 million.

Twenty-four players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Five additional winners at that prize level also purchased the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 5 times for a total of $50,000.

More than 90,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings by 2-5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.