Florida Powerball Player Hits Five Numbers But Falls Short of Jackpot

Ah, the Florida Powerball, and that the elusive winning ticket of my dreams.  So, there I was, standing in line at the  Racetrac in Cape Coral, my heart racing with anticipation, clutching my precious Powerball ticket. The cashier scanned it and as the machine beeped, my eyes widened with hope. Could this be it? Could I be the lucky soul who defies the odds and becomes an overnight millionaire? Nope. Not today.

However according to WFLA, there's a lucky lottery player in Florida who's about to have a million-dollar smile plastered on their face. That's right, they just scored a winning Powerball ticket worth a cool million! Now, here's the catch: this person managed to match all five of those elusive white balls, but unfortunately missed out on the Powerball. I mean, talk about a rollercoaster of emotions. You're so close, yet so far.

The winning numbers were 17, 24, 48, 62, 68, with the Powerball number being 23. Honestly, those numbers sound more like coordinates for a secret treasure than lottery picks. Anyway, the estimated jackpot for that drawing was a mind-blowing $550 million, with a cash value of $287.8 million. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind having that kind of cash pile.

So, this lucky player had odds of 1-in-11,688,053.52 to snag that million-dollar prize. Those odds sound like something straight out of a math textbook, not a shot at fortune. But wait, it gets even crazier! The odds of winning the whole jackpot are a mind-boggling 1-in-292,201,338. I mean, seriously, your chances of being first in l9ine to buy Taylor Swift tickets are probably higher.
So, mark your calendars because the next drawing is on Saturday, July 8th, and it's estimated to be a whopping $590 million jackpot, with a cash value of $304.8 million. That's enough to buy your own private island. Good luck!

It's summertime in Southwest Florida, and it'd certainly be nice to catch a big win before hurricane season. Everyone talks 'hurricane prep' this time of year, but you know what's needed? Money to buy all the hurricane prep. Everything costs more than it did last year. Well, most everything. Florida Lottery scratch off tickets are still priced the same. But some of these tickets are no bargain. Did you know that some of the tickets behind the counter have no chance of hitting big?

The Florida Lottery keeps very close tabs on their scratch off tickets. Way more than we could ever hope to do. But one thing they do for us, is publish their information. But it is a lot of information, so I'll break it down for you.

When you go the counter or the machine in Fort Myers, Naples, or wherever, you really have no idea what you're doing. You pick one that you think "feels lucky" and then give them your money. A $5 ticket where you could win $500,000? Sounds nice - but it's not going to happen if you get the wrong ticket. It'd really be nice if this information was posted when you go to buy tickets, but if they did that no one would buy the tickets where you couldn't win big. So I'll do it for you.

Some of these still have some bigger prizes available, but all the big prize winners are gone. We'll also touch on some of the newer games that have all their big top prizes left. So let's get started. This list is current as of July 4th, 2023.

It's a $5 ticket that came out in February of 2022. This game ends next month and all of the $500,000 and all the $10,000 prizes are gone. Best you could do on this one is a $1,000 winner.

A $2 ticket, but all of the $50,000 winners are gone. Like the last one, this ticket also ends on August 4th. There's some $2,000 winners left, but all 12 of the $50,000 winners have been claimed.

There were 8 of the $100,000 winning cards but they've all been claimed. Best you could do on this card is $2,500.

How much would it hurt dropping $30 on a card when you have no chance of hitting the $15 million dollar jackpot? That's because 4 people already did just that and now they're gone. Of the 24 $1 million dollar prizes, 2 of those are left. Heck, only 2 of the $100,000 tickets are still out there.

It's a $5 card with the chance to win a million. But you won't. All the million dollar cards are gone. You could still pick up $10,000 or one of the other prizes, but if you have dreams of buying a boat you may wanna pass on this one.

Nope. All the $5 million dollar prizes are gone. 3 of the $1 million dollar prizes are yet to be claimed. So if you like the crossword tickets, this one still has some winners left.

Tickets that have ALL of their big winners left. That's what I want. The Florida Lottery dropped some new games yesterday, so those all have the big winners left. Plus there's another one that came out back in February that still hasn't hit. We'll cover that one, too.

This one just came out on July 3rd. It's a $10 ticket and 4 people can win that grand prize. Do you still keep going to your job if you win this? Probably not.

The $5 version of this series that just came out. I could get by on $150K a year. It looks like a few of the $500 prizes have been claimed but the rest are out there.

And now the $2 version of the series. Like the others, this card just came out on July 3rd. All 8 of the grand prizes are available.

The dollar ticket version. You're not going to retire on this money, but it'd certainly make a difference. There's 4 top winners.

This is an odd $3 ticket that came out back in May. It still has most of the big winners left. 8/8 $100,000 winners, 12/16 $25,000 winners, and 22/24 $10,000 winners all yet to be claimed.

One million dollars a year for life. We've talked about this one before as it came out in February. It's a $50 ticket with a massive grand prize. There's 2 of those tickets and both are still out there. There's 234 of the one million dollar prizes and only 43 of those have been claimed.

The 500X the cash has certainly made a lot of headlines around here. It's a $50 ticket that came out in February of 2022. It advertises 2 - $25 million dollar prizes. George Demetriades of Bonita Springs got one of the $25 million dollar cards back in May of 2022, but the other one is still out there. Someone in Naples won a million off this card about 6 weeks ago. There's still 13 one million dollar winners left.

These stats are all current as of 7/4/2023. If you don't see your favorite ticket, here's the link to look it up. Hope this helps. Good luck to all. I usually send out an email when I make a new list, if you want that, sign up below.