Thursday, April 22, 2010

$252M Powerball number lottery Winner

The winning numbers for tonight's $252 million Powerball drawing are 11, 34, 41, 49, 55. The Powerball is 20 and the Power Play multiplier is 2.

Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:59 p.m. on NJN. Powerball is available in 41 states. New Jersey joined the Powerball consortium Jan. 31.

The lone winning ticket for a $211.7 million Powerball jackpot on March 13 was sold at Gene’s Market and Deli on Speedwell Avenue in the Morris County community of Morris Plains. Sandra McNeil of Morristown has come forward as the winner.

The Mega Millions prize is $166 million for Friday's drawing.

The largest payout so far for Mega Millions has been a $390 million jackpot shared by a New Jersey couple from Cape May County and a truck driver in Georgia in 2007.

The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by its 33 member lotteries. Each MUSL member offers one or more of the games administered by MUSL. All profits are retained by the state lottery and are used to fund projects approved by the state legislatures. Click here for links to member lotteries.