The jackpot for the Powerball drawing for Aug. 20 jumped to an estimated $80 million and a cash value of $46.4 million. The Saturday winning numbers were 05, 09, 11, 16 and 66. The Powerball drawn was 07 with a Power Play of 2x.

There were no winners of Saturday's jackpot worth $80 million and a cash value of $46.4 million. Besides, no lucky player won the second prize worth $1 million. Meanwhile, 29 players won the third prize, which is $50,000, while six lucky players with Power Play won $100,000. The winners matched four of the white ball numbers and the red Powerball. A lot smaller prizes have been won, 332 players who matched four white ball numbers, which put their winnings at $100, while 127 people with Power Play won $200.

The next Powerball draw will be on Aug. 22, with an estimated jackpot of $90 million and a cash value of $51.0 million.

To get a chance to win the jackpot, a player must match the six numbers on their ticket to the drawn six-number combination. The five numbers need to be selected from 1 to 69 for the white balls, while the remaining number is selected from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.

To claim the jackpot prize, the winners will have options--they can either select their prize as an annuity or a lump-sum payment. The annuity guarantees the winner to receive 30 graduated payments over 29 years. The annual payments increase by 5% until the 30th and final payment. The 30 payments add up equal the value of the annuity.

The Powerball costs $2 per play. Powerball is available in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 pm ET. Meanwhile, the sales cut-off times vary depending on the selling jurisdiction, mostly by one to two hours before the drawing schedule.

The Powerball drawing is aired live on TV stations throughout the state; WBKB-TV 11 (CBS), WDIV-TV 4 (NBC), WNEM-TV 5 (CBS), WXSP-TV (MyNetwork TV), WLAJ-TV 53 (ABC), WMKG-TV 38 (IND), WLUC-TV 6 (NBC/FOX) and WGTU-TV 29/WGTQ-TV 8 (ABC).

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The Powerball lottery jackpot soared to $441 million after no tickets won the top prize of $416 million in the draw held on Monday, Dec. 27. This is a representational image. Scott Olson/Getty Images

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