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Powerball Jackpot Tops $216 Million After No Grand-Prize Winner

Players in three states claimed six-figure Powerball prizes as Mega Millions eyes a $70 million top prize.

More than 350,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $250,000,
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Overview

  • No ticket matched all six numbers in the July 7 Powerball draw, lifting the jackpot to an estimated $216 million with a cash option of about $98.4 million.
  • The winning Powerball numbers for July 7 were 33, 35, 58, 61 and 69, with Powerball 25 and a 5× Power Play multiplier.
  • Two Californians each won $555,503 by matching five white balls, a Missouri player secured $250,000 with four numbers plus the Powerball and multiplier, and one Kentucky entrant took home $1 million.
  • Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing left the top prize unclaimed, boosting its jackpot to $70 million and producing numbers 4, 6, 38, 44, 62 and Mega Ball 24.
  • Both lotteries use multipliers—Power Play for Powerball and Megaplier for Mega Millions—to increase non-jackpot payouts and adjust prizes based on ticket sales.