BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The summertime may have officially left us, but the Powerball jackpot is getting hotter.

There were no winners in the Powerball drawing last Wednesday. According to 11alive.com, the Powerball jackpot has not been won in 10 consecutive drawings after starting out at $40 million on Aug. 18. Saturday’s game will offer a prize of an estimated $174 million, while the lump sum payout will be $110 million.

Lottery Post reported that the winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Sept. 19 were 1, 5, 8, 39, and 50. The Powerball number was 23. Three players matched the first five numbers without having the Powerball to win $1 million, none of them from New Jersey.

Local residents had better luck in the Jersey Cash 5 drawings recently. Lottery.com reported that three winning Cash 5 tickets each worth $142,189 were sold in Camden County, Burlington County, and in Mercer County for the drawing of Saturday, Sept. 8.

The Camden County ticket was sold at Mat Petroleum Corporation in Pennsauken, Mercer County’s was sold at Pantry Farm in Ewing, and the Burlington County winner was purchased at Shoprite of Union Mill in Mt. Laurel.

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Meanwhile, the last person to win the Powerball lottery jackpot was Michigan railroad engineer Donald Lawson, who won $337 million on Aug. 15, and chose to accept the cash option prize of $224.7 million.

And ladies, he’s single and looking. Admittedly, it’s possible that you might want to look the other way.

Lottery Post reported that Lawson has posted his profile on dating websites listing himself as a hillbilly who is “stocky,” and has the nickname of “Dinodadog.” He is looking for a woman who is: “Big and beautiful, curvy, full-figured, heavyset, or with a few extra pounds.” He promises to “please a women any way she wants.”

Lawson lists his favorite films as “any pornos.”