Powerball Numbers for Wednesday August 15, 2012

The Powerball winning numbers for the Wednesday August 15, 2012 draw are in! On this page, you can find all the details you need, including the winning numbers, the number of winners, as well as the prizes won. We’ve also included the Double Play draw details. Carefully check your ticket here as you might be one of the winners too!

Winning Numbers

  • 6
  • 27
  • 46
  • 51
  • 56
  • 21
  • 1
Lump Sum:
$1
Total Winners:
2,689,631

Prize Payouts

Prize Level Prize Winners Prize Fund Amount
Regular Prizes
Match 5 plus Powerball $337,000,000 1 $337,000,000
Match 5 $1,000,000 8 $8,000,000
Match 4 plus Powerball $10,000 110 $1,100,000
Match 4 $100 3,673 $367,300
Match 3 plus Powerball $100 5,858 $585,800
Match 3 $7 199,503 $1,396,521
Match 2 plus Powerball $7 103,323 $723,261
Match 1 plus Powerball $4 683,568 $2,734,272
Match 0 plus Powerball $4 1,396,390 $5,585,560
Power Play Prizes
Match 5 $2,000,000 1 $2,000,000
Match 4 plus Powerball $40,000 16 $640,000
Match 4 $200 430 $86,000
Match 3 plus Powerball $200 671 $134,200
Match 3 $14 23,793 $333,102
Match 2 plus Powerball $14 12,584 $176,176
Match 1 plus Powerball $12 84,468 $1,013,616
Match 0 plus Powerball $12 175,234 $2,102,808
Totals (Regular & Power Play) - 2,689,631 $363,978,616

The winning ticket was bought in Michigan by Donald Lawson. He collected a cash payout of $224,655,690.17.

Facts about this draw

The total amount of prize money won in this draw was $363,978,616. This compares to $13,528,277 in the previous Powerball draw on August 11, which represents a 2,590.5% increase in the total amount won.

There was one jackpot-winning ticket in the August 15, 2012 Powerball drawing.

The winning ticket was sold in Michigan.