# No Winner in the (US) PowerBall Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 6, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461 "2022-11-06T10:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/41 "2022-11-08T18:18:53Z")
Nope. [One ticket won the whole shebang](https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/08/2-04-billion-powerball-ticket-was-sold-in-california-ca-lottery-says/). It was sold in Altadena, California. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/42 "2022-11-08T18:30:38Z")
One winner, and no state tax on the lottery. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/43 "2022-11-08T20:18:30Z")
We won! Okay, we had gotten two quickpicks, and we hit the powerball on one of them. That’s $4 winnings…on a ticket that cost us $4. Score! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/44 "2022-11-08T20:26:22Z")
And California is _not_ a state that allows for winners to remain anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/45 "2022-11-08T20:45:18Z")
I got a $4 winner - there must be thousands of them - so I thought, what the heck, roll it over into two quickpicks for the next drawing. But if I get nothing from that I’m done for the next 4-8 months. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/46 "2022-11-08T21:01:18Z")
I got a $7 winner (three numbers). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/47 "2022-11-08T21:22:25Z")
I won $20 as I did not buy my usual $20 worth of tickets. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/48 "2022-11-08T21:26:01Z")
Do you get anything for two numbers on one line (no Powerball)? I forget. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/49 "2022-11-08T21:49:23Z")
No. The minimum numbers you can match without the PowerBall is 3. That’ll give you $7. > **[Powerball Prizes and Payout Chart](https://www.powerball.net/prizes)** > > View the different Powerball prizes on offer in our comprehensive payout chart, along with Power Play prizes and the odds of winning at each level. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/50 "2022-11-08T21:59:04Z")
Ooh, you have specific numbers you play regularly? That’s probably part of my initial confusion; I use quick pick much more often than not, so I thought there wouldn’t be a way to skip a drawing and know for certain that you would’ve lost. Duh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461/51 "2022-11-09T09:49:25Z")
No, I just usually stop at the nearby convenience store to get tickets. Since there are no helicopters hovering over that store I presume they did not sell a big winner. Therefore, I won the $20 I did not bet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-winner-in-the-us-powerball-again/974461.md?page=2)