No one hits jackpot in Wednesday drawing
Two Maryland Powerball players woke up $50,000 richer this morning after their tickets won third-tier prizes in the Wednesday, Jan. 13 drawing. Although no one across the country hit the jackpot, Maryland had 64,996 winning tickets ranging from $4 to $50,000.
The jackpot rolled to $640 million for the Saturday, Jan. 16 drawing with a cash option of $478.7 million. If won, this would be the 5th-largest jackpot in Powerball history and 9th-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. This is the highest the Powerball jackpot has been since March 2019.
The Maryland Lottery is looking for our lucky players who bought $50,000-winning tickets at Riverside Sunoco at 1319 Riverside Parkway in Belcamp and at Town Center Sunoco located at 19738 Germantown Road in Germantown. The winning numbers in the Jan. 13 drawing were 4, 19, 23, 25 and 49; the Powerball was 14 and the Power Play multiplier x2.
Lottery officials encourage all winners to sign the backs of their tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. Winners typically get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes. However, the Lottery has temporarily extended claiming deadlines due to Maryland’s COVID-19 state of emergency.
The $50,000 winners can claim their prizes by mail or in person by appointment at the Lottery headquarters’ Customer Resource Center located at 1800 Washington Blvd. in Baltimore. Winners of smaller prizes can claim them by mail, at Lottery retailers, at casinos or by appointment at Lottery headquarters. Get details on how to claim by mail here, how to schedule an appointment here and how to claim prizes at Lottery retailers and casinos here.
Maryland is home to two Powerball jackpot wins: $128.8 million in December 2011 (Elkton, Cecil County) and $108.8 million in September 2011 (Abingdon, Harford County). In 2019, Maryland had five $1 million Powerball wins and in 2018 had one $1 million winner. This year, the state has now had four third-tier $50,000 winners.
Watch televised Powerball drawings at 11:22 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays on WBAL-TV. Winning numbers are available at mdlottery.com and on your smartphone by downloading the free MD Lottery app. Powerball is offered in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets cost $2 each. Odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 292 million to 1. Overall odds of winning any prize are about 25 to 1.
