$116.8 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in South Dakota Still Unclaimed! The single jackpot-winning ticket for the Powerball drawing of May 17th that was sold in Pierre, South Dakota, has yet to be redeemed. The ticket matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win the $116.8 million jackpot. The jackpot winner has 180 days to claim the jackpot, and will have the option of receiving the $116,800,000 jackpot in 30 graduated payments as a 29-year annuity or taking a one-time cash payment of $51,584,755. The winner will have 60 days to make that decision after the ticket is validated.
Group of 13 Share $224.2 Million Jackpot! A group of 13 Missouri state employees, who work for the Department of Social Services Family Support Division/Child Support Enforcement in Florissant, Missouri, have claimed the $224.2 million Powerball jackpot from the April 12 drawing. The jackpot is the largest prize ever won in the Missouri Lottery’s 20-year history and the seventh largest Powerball jackpot ever won since the game’s beginning. Eleven of the members put $5 into the pool and two members contributed $2.50. The jackpot prize will be split 12 ways. All of the members plan to take the cash amount, which works out to be approximately $8.5 million each before taxes for the 11 members who contributed $5 and approximately $4.2 million before taxes for the two members who contributed $2.50. The winners report that new groups are formed for drawings depending on who would like to play, and employees take turns buying the tickets.
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