Powerball lottery: Did you win Saturday's $270M Powerball drawing? Live results, winning numbers (5/18/2019) - NJ.com

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has jumped to an estimated $270 million with a cash option of $168.9 million.

The winning numbers were: 2, 10, 25, 66, 67. Powerball: 26. Power Play: 4x.

It has been more than seven weeks since a lucky Powerball lottery ticket bought in New Berlin, Wisconsin matched all the numbers and hit the $768.4 million jackpot. Manuel Franco, 24, claimed the the third-largest prize in U.S. lottery history last month. The cash option for the massive March 27 jackpot was worth $477 million.

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While Wednesday’s $250 million drawing didn’t produce a jackpot winner, a pair of second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Powerball were bought. A ticket sold in Florida is worth $1 million, while one purchased in Iowa is valued at $2 million because the winner spent an extra $1 to exercise the Power Play option.

In New Jersey, 21 ticket holders won $100 apiece for matching four numbers. Another three tickets are worth $200 because they were bought with the Power Play option.

Wednesday’s winning numbers were: 7, 17, 33, 61, 68. The Powerball drawn was 4 with a Power Play of 2x.

The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million.

Powerball is played on Wednesday and Saturday in 44 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

In March, a 54-year-old man who lives in Alpha, Warren County hit the $273 million Mega Millions drawing.

Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman.

Stephen Stirling may be reached at sstirling@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @sstirling. Find him on Facebook.

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