So Many People Are Checking The Powerball Numbers That Their Website Crashed
Saturday night's Powerball drawing was for 1.6 billion dollars. If you went looking for the Powerball numbers on their website you got this:
There's no doubting the popularity of the Powerball. It appears that the official website couldn't handle it. There's no official word yet on the website's problems, but I imagine a LOT of people were checking it after Saturday night's drawing. Fortunately someone at CNN got up early and got the numbers before the site went down. "The winning numbers were 28-45-53-56-69 and the Powerball was 20. The next Powerball drawing is set for Monday."
If no one won Saturday night, and it looks like no one did, the next jackpot will be 1.9 billion dollars. The 1.6 drawing was already the biggest lottery jackpot ever. Now it's even more. I would hold onto those tickets just a little longer. Wait for the official site to come back up. It does look like someone in Florida won a million dollars. But the big prize? Not yet.
Looking for an edge on those Powerball numbers?
The Stores Where Winning Powerball Tickets Have Been Sold In Florida
With the Powerball jackpot now crossing $800 million dollars we're getting into some serious money. As you go to get your Powerball tickets, note that Saturday night's drawing will be for the second largest Powerball drawing ever. The largest was $1.586 Billion. That happened on January 13th , 2016. The Powerball jackpot was split between three winning tickets. California, Tennessee, and one right here in Florida. That lucky ticket was bought at a Publix on Melbourne Beach. So a big jackpot in Florida would not be a new thing. If we can make this happen it'd be the second one this month.
A $494 million Mega Millions winning ticket was a Quick Pick ticket, purchased at 7-Eleven, located at 2980 Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers. They'll share the jackpot with someone in California. So, someone bought that ticket shortly after Hurricane Ian wrecked the town. What an amazing twist of fortune. The winner hasn't come forward yet. Congratulations to them.
Powerball is where the attention is now. And the odds of winning here in Florida. Indiana has had the most Powerball jackpot winners with 39. That represents 9.8% of all the winners. So nearly one in 10 Powerball winners are in Indiana. 16 Powerball jackpot winners have been in Florida. That's 4% of the total winners. Let's break down the Florida winning Powerball jackpots, when, and where the ticket was sold. Then it's on you to get what you hope are winning Powerball Tickets.
June 05, 2021 $286 Million
Circle K
721 Chaffee Rd S, Jacksonville, FL 32221
March 27, 2021 $235.4 Million
August 12, 2020 $168.5 Million
Publix
4770 N Congress Ave, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
January 29, 2020 $396.9 Million
7-Eleven
12931 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs, FL 34135
A big jackpot ticket sold just a few miles from my house. The lady that won was from Ocala and I remember a lot lot of online scammers tried to convince people they were her to swindle people. Not sure what happened to her. Hope she's well.
March 02, 2016 $291.4 Million
Tom Thumb
5515 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050
January 13, 2016 $1.58 Billion
Publix Super Market
3830 S Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
June 20, 2015 $80 Million
April 11, 2015 $80 Million
State Line Gift Shop
11208 FL-97, McDavid, FL 32568
April 23, 2014 $150 Million
If you want to see the rest of the list, that's here. I want to stop at this one because I remember it so well. I had a friend who worked at that store and I remember her telling me what the man said when he realized he had the winning ticket. Something like "it took 35 years". I think the people who won still live in Naples. I miss E's Country Store. They had a lot of winners there.
So, Can Southwest Florida Do It Again?
Why not?
