Updated October 20th, 2021 at 18:01 IST

Powerball USA Lottery Winning Numbers For October 20, 2021; Check Today's Winning Results

The Powerball lottery is an American lottery that is conducted in 45 states. The estimated jackpot prize for October 20 is estimated to be $60 million.

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The Powerball lottery is a lottery in America that is conducted in 45 states. The estimated jackpot prize for October 20 is estimated to be $60 million. This lottery takes place every Wednesday and Saturday and is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association. The jackpot that the lottery offers is never less than $40 million. A Powerball lottery ticket either costs $2 or $3. The lottery game is easy to play just like many other lottery games.

Powerball USA Lottery winning numbers and results for October 20, 2021

The Powerball Lottery winning numbers and results will be announced at 10 pm EST. Check for the final results in some time. The last lottery took place on October 16 at its usual time.

Powerball USA Lottery Previous Winners

As mentioned, the previous Powerball lottery was held on October 16, 2021. The winning numbers for the lottery were: 30, 31, 41, 42, 48 and the Power Ball was 03. The estimated jackpot prize in this lottery was $50 million. Now the jackpot prize for Oct 16, 2021, is estimated to be $60 million.

How to play the Powerball lottery game

  • The minimum Powerball lottery bet costs $2.
  • In the game, every player must select up to five numbers from a set of 69 numbers.
  • Players also have to choose one number from 26 Red Powerball.
  • The order of drawn numbers on the lottery tickets is irrelevant and will not matter
  • If a player pays an extra $1, he may activate the Power Play option, which will multiply the lower-tier winnings by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 10x.
  • To win the Powerball lottery jackpot, one must match all the five numbers in any order, and also the red Powerball number.
  • Although it has a catch to it, which can be seen in the official chart of Powerball lottery winnings

Facts about Powerball Lottery

  • Started in 1988 as Lotto America, its name was changed to Powerball on April 19, 1992.
  • The $1.586 billion jackpot on January 13, 2016, was the largest lottery jackpot ever.
  • Since October 7, 2015, the game has used a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are drawn. 
  • There are 1 in 292,201,338 odds of winning a jackpot.

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Published October 20th, 2021 at 18:01 IST