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The white balls drawn for Wednesday’s (Dec. 6, 2017) draw were 19, 20, 50, 55, and 62. However, the Power Ball was 9 and Power Play was 2X. It was a $193 million ($121.2 million lump-sum cash payout) jackpot. The previous draw was offering $177 million which had no top winner. Its winning numbers were 28, 30, 32, 36, 58, Power Ball 06, and Power Play 3x. Total winners for Saturday’s (Dec. 2, 2017) draw were 679,028. Here is a list which gives the top 10 states with the number of winners.

Indiana, with 39 winners so far, is the number one U.S. State when it comes to the maximum number of jackpot winners. Missouri comes next with 31 winners, followed by Minnesota with 22 winners, and Kentucky with 18 winners. The three couples – John & Lisa Robinson from Tennessee, Maureen Smith & David Kaltschmidt from Florida, and Marvin & Mae Acosta from California – have scooped $533 million (before taxes) each in January 2016. With whopping $1.6 billion on offer, it was the biggest Powerball jackpot ever. Two other Powerball jackpots ever won were the $758.7 million jackpot which was scooped in August 2017 and the $590.5 million jackpot which was scooped in February 2013. Here is a list of seven Powerball winners of 2017.

Powerball winners of 2017

1

Winner: Anonymous, Indiana

Winning Day: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017

Collected Prize: $263,511,438.99 as lump-sum cash

2

Winner: Mai Xiong, Wisconsin

Winning Day: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Collected Prize: $93,114,002.73 as lump-sum cash

3

Winner: Anonymous, Arizona

Winning Day: Saturday, April 1, 2017

Collected Prize: $36,452,004.86 as lump-sum cash

4

Winner: Jeff Lindsay, California

Winning Day: Saturday, June 10, 2017

Collected Prize: $279,175,254.46 as lump-sum cash

5

Winner: Mavis Wanczyk, Massachusetts

Winning Day: Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Collected Prize: $480,500,936.39 as lump-sum cash

6

Winner: Judy F., Colorado

Winning Day: Saturday, September 16, 2017

Collected Prize: $84,607,397.29 as lump-sum cash

7

Winner: Louisiana (Not Claimed)

Winning Day: Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Prize Options: $191,100,000.00 annuity or $119,492,684.81 as lump-sum cash

The Powerball drawings are held two days in every week. This game is organized by Illinois, 43 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A winner can collect his/her prize in full value or 30 installments over 29 years. Powerball lottery winning federal tax is 25 percent. To win a Powerball Jackpot, a player needs to match all the six numbers drawn, includes five white balls and one red ball. It has nine winning sections with fantastic odds of winning.

There are 8,000 lottery retailers in the Illinois state. So, the Illinois residents can buy Powerball tickets from the retailers available in the state. Else, the www.illinoislottery.com has to be logged in. Your chance of hitting the jackpot will be more if you prefer computer picked tickets.