Powerball Results for Saturday 22nd October 2011

24/10/2011 18:41:22

Players in the Powerball lottery were waiting in anticipation at the weekend to see if they had picked out the winning Powerball numbers. However the Powerball results for Saturday 22nd October actually show that there were no jackpot winners so the top prize rolls over to $173 million. Although no one was fortunate to select Powerball results there were over 1.2 million players who each won a prize in this American lottery. Now let’s have a look and see what the winning numbers were:

Latest Powerball Results for 19 May 2012

These Powerball results show that the number 23 was drawn and this has appeared 30 times since January 2009 when the number matrix changed from 5/54 to 5/59. In addition to that the Powerball number drawn out was 13 which has appeared just six times since 2009.

Nine lucky players - although were just one number away from winning the jackpot in Saturday night’s draw did manage to win the second tier amount of $200,000 by matching up all five of the main numbers drawn. Also $10,000 – which you have to match four plus the Powerball to win was scooped up by 73 players.

This is the tenth rollover for the Powerball – something that hasn’t been seen this year for a few months. In August the Powerball jackpot climbed up to the highest amount witnessed this year – an impressive $228.9 after it rolled over 11 times. Whether this jackpot will continue to rollover remains to be seen, however all eyes will be on this American lottery come Wednesday night to see if any players will match the Powerball results and become October’s first jackpot winner!