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Article IndexBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
The 13th consecutive Powerball drawing without a winner has brought the jackpot of Wednesday, November 2 all the way up to an estimated $245 million, with a cash option value of $146.2 million.
Twelve tickets were able to match the first five numbers without the Powerball on Saturday, according to Lottery Post. One of them came from New Jersey.
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The International Business Times reports that Powerball has been above $250 million just five times in its 33-year history. The jackpot for Wednesday will represent a new high for 2011.
Powerball.com reported that two welders from Indiana won $221.7 million in the April 6 jackpot drawing. The store that sold the winner got 1% of the winning ticket, capped at $100,000.
The last time the Powerball prize was worth more than $240 million came when one winning ticket from Ohio won $261.6 million in the June 2 jackpot drawing.
According to huliq.com twelve jackpots have been above $300 million in lottery history. Eight workers from Nebraska split $365 million in annuity winnings in 2006 to mark the highest annuity payout in United States history.
