Mega Millions Jackpot Tops $300 Million

METRO DETROIT, MI — Earlier this week, Patch reported that Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford purchased a $3.85 million mansion in his native Georgia. It’s a palace of a home, to be sure. But if you win either the Powerball or Mega Millions Jackpot next week, you can buy an estate twice the size of Stafford’s and still have plenty of cash left over.

That’s because nobody hit either jackpot during their most recent drawings. The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, July 30 were: 1, 28, 40, 45, 48, and a Powerball of 12. The jackpot now stands at $261 million with a cash value of $162.4 million.

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The Mega Millions Jackpot winning numbers drawn on July 28 were 4, 6, 31, 49, 52 and a gold ball of 11. The jackpot now stands at $303 million with a cash value of this jackpot is $186 million.

Each Powerball ticket costs $2. Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets here. The Powerball game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338.

A total of 44 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that participate in Powerball. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time.

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