$1 Million Powerball Prize Won In Newton
Jackpot In Saturday's Drawing Won In Oregon
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CLIVE, Iowa — The jackpot hub-bub is over for now – until the next big one comes along.
While the jackpot in Saturday's $1.326 billion Powerball® drawing was won in Oregon, an Iowa ticket was just one number away from having a share of the grand prize. That Iowa ticket, purchased in Newton, won a $1 million prize.
The Powerball jackpot had climbed for more than three months and tied the game's record for the longest string of consecutive drawings without a winner before it was won on Saturday. The jackpot had been won on New Year's Day, then rolled for 41 drawings in a row without a winner. That had only occurred twice before, in 2021 and 2022.
Saturday's jackpot was the fourth-largest Powerball prize and the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize. The jackpot now returns to $20 million annuity, $9.4 million lump-sum option, for Powerball's next drawing on Monday.
Iowa Sales and Total Prizes Won
Iowa Lottery players won a total of 45,721 Powerball prizes on Saturday ranging from $4 up to $1 million. A total of about $2.4 million in Powerball tickets for Saturday were purchased in Iowa.
One Iowa ticket was just one number away from having a share of that night's jackpot, matching the first five numbers but missing the Powerball to win a $1 million prize. That winning ticket was purchased at Hy-Vee, 1501 First Ave. E. in Newton.
It was one of seven tickets across the country to win a $1 million prize in Saturday's drawing.
Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 22-27-44-52-69 and Powerball 9. The Power Play number was 3.
The $1 million prize must be claimed at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive. If the winner or winners have questions before claiming the prize, they are welcome to call the Iowa Lottery at 515-725-7900 or email to: Wmaster@ialottery.com.
Details About 'Coverage' and Easy Picks
Two details get a lot of attention in Powerball drawings: the coverage estimate and the percentage of easy picks.
By tracking sales, lottery officials can estimate how many of all the possible combinations in the game have been purchased for a particular drawing. It's called coverage – how many of the combinations have been purchased, or "covered."
The coverage estimate for Saturday's Powerball drawing was about 31.1 percent. A higher coverage percentage can mean it's more likely there will be a jackpot winner, but it is not a definite.
Sales details also show how many of the tickets purchased are easy picks, meaning that the lottery terminal randomly selected the numbers printed on the ticket, as compared to manual plays, where the player selected their own numbers.
Nearly 92 percent of the tickets purchased in Iowa for Saturday's Powerball drawing were easy-pick tickets. With that huge percentage of tickets purchased being easy picks, more of the winners will come from easy-pick tickets as well. That does not mean they are luckier, it just means there are a lot more of them.
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