Hoping to win the $70 million Powerball jackpot and enjoy living the life of the rich and famous? The winning numbers for February 25 will be drawn at approximately 11 p.m. ET, so grab your ticket and cross your fingers — you may be able to take an extended vacation, or quit your job completely, if you become the lottery’s newest millionaire.
If you haven’t purchased a ticket yet, it’s probably too late. The cutoff time to purchase a $2 Powerball ticket is at least 59 minutes before the drawing, with some lottery retailers halting sales a bit earlier.
The Powerball drawing is televised prior to many local newscasts — check out this list of TV stations or watch the drawing live online on the Powerball website .
Here are the winning Powerball numbers for February 25: 17, 19, 21, 32, 39 PB 8.
If you match all five and the Powerball, your first stop should be an attorney and a financial advisor — after all, you want to hang on to your riches, not squander them, right? Check out these great tips for managing your new-found wealth from Forbes .
There hasn’t been a Powerball jackpot winner since February 11, when three people split a $564.1 million jackpot. According to a previous report from the Inquisitr , the three winning tickets were sold in North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Texas.
CBS reports that one winner, Marie Holmes of Shallotte, North Carolina, claimed her share ($188 million) of the prize on February 23.
Marie Holmes, $188M Powerball Winner Goes on ABC Interview ‘Good Morning America’: http://t.co/va5BF1fJcl via @YouTube
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The winner in Puerto Rico has chosen to remain anonymous, and the third winner, who bought the ticket in Texas, has yet to come forward. If you purchased a ticket at the Appletree Food Mart in Princeton, Texas, check to see if you have the ticket that hasn’t been claimed. The Powerball winning numbers from the February 11 drawing: 11, 13, 25, 39, 54, and PB 19.
How much will you take home if you win the $70 million Powerball jackpot on February 25? The jackpot has a $45.8 million cash value before taxes, more than enough to get you a few days (or a lifetime if you invest wisely) out of work, and perhaps a well-deserved vacation.
If you don’t win the Powerball on Wednesday night and you’re still hopeful that you will one day win millions of dollars in the lottery, the current Mega Millions jackpot is $127 million and will be drawn on Friday, February 27.
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