Wednesday's PowerBall Jackpot Reaches $450 Million
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Wednesday's PowerBall Jackpot Reaches $450 Million
The cash option is estimated at $275.4 million.
If the jackpot is won, it would be the fourth largest jackpot in PowerBall history and the sixth largest jackpot ever in the United States.
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Rhode Island's Biggest PowerBall Winners
8th: Antone Cordeiro
$7.7 million
Drawing date: August 10, 1994
Winner’s hometown: New Bedford, MA
Where he bought the winning ticket: Guimond Farms, Tiverton
Winning numbers: 2, 11, 20, 27, 44, PB 16
7th: Timothy Paine
$30 million
Drawing date: August 26, 1995
Winner’s hometown: Cranston, RI
Where he bought the winning ticket: Cranston Liquor Store, Cranston
Winning numbers: 3,12,30, 31, 45, PB 19
6th: Donald Pierce
$33.8 million
Drawing date: April 20, 1996
Winner’s hometown: Narragansett, RI
Where he bought the winning ticket: Geaber’s Liquors, Warwick
Winning numbers: 2, 8, 10, 29, 32, PB 40
*Pierce split jackpot with winner from Virginia
5th: Edith Scrivani
$45.5 million
Drawing date: October 31, 1998
Winner’s hometown: Providence, RI
Where she bought the winning ticket: Brooks Maxi Drug, Johnston
Winning numbers: 17, 33, 34, 37, 42, PB 8
*split with winner from Wisconsin
4th: Kathleen Last
$60 million
Drawing date: March 7, 2012
Winner’s hometown: Smithfield, RI
Where she bought the winning ticket: Quickets, Smithfield
Winning numbers: 12, 35, 45, 46, 47, PB 12
3rd: Michael Goulden
$93.5 million
Drawing date: February 1, 2001
Winner’s hometown: Pawtucket, RI
Where he bought the ticket: Li’l General, Pawtucket
Winning numbers: 4, 10, 32, 39, 45, PB 25
2nd: Sheila Botelho
$151.9 million
Drawing date: November 28, 2007
Winner’s hometown: Swansea, MA
Where she bought the winning ticket: Warren Mart, Warren
Winning numbers: 8, 23, 32, 37, 39, PB 38
1st: Louise White
$336.4 million
Drawing date: February 11, 2012
Winner’s hometown: Newport, RI
Where she bought the winning ticket: Stop & Shop, Newport
Winning numbers: 1, 10, 37, 52, 57, PB 11
