On Wednesday night’s the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawing, the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $120 million for Saturday since no one matched all 6 of the numbers.
Powerball tickets sold in New Orleans and Sulphur did win $200,000 by matching all five numbers, say Lottery officials. And Wednesday’s winning numbers were 2-5-38-43-59, the Powerball was 8 and the multiplier was 2.
According to AP, Colorado’s top prize was $200 apiece for 33 Power Play tickets that matched other number combinations.
Powerball was created in 1992 and launched in Colorado in 2001.
It’s now played in 30 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
