Powerball Stretches Higher, Virginia wins $2M, Mega Millions resets to $60M ... and more for August 2nd
Powerball Stretches Higher!
This is The Lottery Rundown for Sunday August 2nd
Powerball drew Saturday night with 6, 17, 27, 48, 50, and Powerball 5, with a 3-times multiplier. Nobody hit the jackpot, but there was serious money on the board: one happy ticket holder in Virginia won 2 million dollars, and five more players won 1 million dollars, with three in California, one in Maryland, and one in Texas. In the number corner, 27 showed up as one of the five most-drawn white balls over the last six years, while Powerball 5 is tied near the top of its own chart. The next draw is Monday for a 748 million dollar jackpot and a 325 million dollar cash value. That could buy a suspiciously large fleet of carnival dunk tanks. The jackpot run is now 38 drawings and 91 days, longer than usual and around the 84th percentile of recent gaps.
Moving to Mega Millions, the last draw was Friday, July 31, with 4, 18, 26, 43, 51, and Mega Ball 4. No jackpot winner there either, but this one had a fun split personality: 18 is the most-drawn Mega Millions white ball over the last six years, 26 is also in the top five, and 51 is one of the five least-drawn white balls. Would you invite 51 back after that entrance, or is it still sitting at the quiet end of the table? Mega Millions resets into Tuesday with a 60 million dollar jackpot and a 25 million dollar cash value after just one draw without a jackpot winner.
