Oklahoma Lottery News

There was no Powerball jackpot winner in Oklahoma during August 2007 however there was one really big winner. Nita Jacobs, a retired horse trainer from Sallisaw, OK won $600,000 in the August 25th Powerball drawing. There were several other big winners including a $50,000 winner on August 1st, $20,000 winners on August 4th and 15th and $10,000 winners on August 8th and 11th. There were only three Powerball drawings in August that did not include at least one $10,000 winning ticket sold in Oklahoma.

The drought of Cash 5 jackpot winners continued during August, there has not been one since May 8th. The biggest single wins being $500 but there were several of them. The best night for Oklahoma Cash 5 players was August 21st when cash winnings totaled $28,290. The second best night was August 28th when the cash winnings totaled $19,890. The worst nights for Cash 5 players were August 14th with cash winnings of $11,680 and the second worst night was August 25th with $13,450 in cash winnings. The average nightly cash winnings for Cash 5 players for the month of August was $16,589 which is a marked improvement over July and June averages.

Pick 3 players had one of their best months ever with three nights with cash winnings totaling over $20,000. These were August 10th with $20,940, August 20th with $20,580 and August 22nd with $20,230. The worst nights for Pick 3 players were August 5th with $4,430 and August 30th with $4,540. The average nightly cash winnings for Pick 3 players for the month of August was $11,231 which is about $3,000 better than July and June averages.

Undoubtedly the higher average wins in August for both Cash 5 and Pick 3 can in part be attributed to “Powerball Fever”, as throughout the month of August the Powerball jackpot crept up through the $200 million range and into the $300 million range. When the Powerball jackpot gets that big sales of tickets for all lottery games increases and as ticket sales increase so do the number of winners and with that the increased nightly averages.

There was no Powerball jackpot winner in Oklahoma during July 2007 however there was a remarkable number of Powerball tickets sold in Oklahoma that contained four correct white balls and the Powerball.

7/04/07 - Two tickets w/4 white balls and Powerball each worth $10,000

7/14/07 - Two tickets w/4 white balls and Powerball one worth $10,000 the other worth $50,000

7/18/07 - One ticket w/4 white balls and Powerball worth $10,000

7/21/07 - Two tickets w/4 white balls and Powerball both worth $40,000 each

7/25/07 - One ticket w/4 white balls and Powerball worth $10,000

7/28/07 - One ticket w/4 white balls and Powerball worth $10,000

There were only two Powerball drawings during July 2007 that did not include at least one $10,000 winning ticket sold in Oklahoma. These were on 7/07/07 and 7/11/07.

The drought of Cash 5 jackpots continued during July, the biggest single wins being $500 but there were several of them. The best one night cash win total for Cash 5 was $21,720 on July 17th and the second best was $21,410 on July 10th. The worst single night win total for Cash 5 was on July 14 when the first Saturday night Cash 5 drawing was held and the winning total was $7,700. The second worst night for Cash 5 players was July 21st when the total of cash wins was $7,930. The average nightly Cash 5 cash win total for July 2007 was $14,091 which is slightly below June’s average of $14,576.

The best single night’s winning total for Pick 3 players was on July 14th when they won $14,000. The second best night was July 23rd, when Pick 3 players won a total of $13,110. The worst night for a Pick 3 winning total was July 19th, when they won only $2,770. The second worst night for Pick 3 players was July 29th, when the winning total was $4,450. Over the course of the month of July 2007 Pick 3 players won a total of $252,810 which is about $17,000 or so less than last months winning total. This averages out to an $8,155 per-night winning total for Pick 3 players, which is about $800 less than last months nightly average.

Of course the big news for Oklahoma Lottery players in June was the $105.8 million win for Don and Joyce Harvey of Muldrow, Oklahoma. They took the cash payout which amounted to $33.7 million after taxes.

The next biggest Powerball news was a couple of $200,000 winners and three $10,000 winners during the month of June.

June was over-all a great month for Oklahoma Powerball players, just as was June of last year when Oklahoma had its only other Powerball Jackpot winner.

Over the course of the month of June there were no $25,000 (taxes paid) winners in the Oklahoma Cash 5 lottery. Our records show there has not been a big Cash 5 winner since May 8th. The total of cash winnings for the month for Cash 5 players was $116,610 (excluding free Cash 5 Easy Picks). The average total cash winnings per-play night for Cash 5 players for June was $14,576, the lowest single night’s total cash winnings was $12,050 on June 14th and the highest single night’s total cash winnings was $18,870 on June 5th.

Over the course of the month of June the total cash winnings by players of the Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery was $270,090. The lowest single night’s cash winnings by Pick 3 players was $3,840 on June 25th and the highest single night’s cash winnings was $15,810 on June 29th. The average nightly total cash winnings for Pick 3 players during June was $9,003.