DOOLEY Observed: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $400 Million

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $400 Million

The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $400 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in this weekend's drawing.

The winning numbers in Saturday night's drawing were: 21, 24, 36, 42, 45 and powerball 15.

The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday. It is played in 43 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The multi-state lottery's most recent winner, 84-year-old Gloria C. Mackenzie of Zephyrhills, Fla., took home the whopping $590 million jackpot in June thanks to computer-generated numbers. "While in line at Publix another lottery player was kind enough to let me go ahead of them in line to purchase the winning Quick Pick ticket," she said in a statement at the time, according to Florida lottery officials.

Mackenzie opted for the lump sum cash payout of $370.8 million before taxes, instead of 30 annual payments of $19 million, according to lottery spokeswoman Cynthia O'Connell.