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Five Tennesseans have big Powerball wins in latest drawing
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 posted 12:32 PM EST
The big Powerball prize of $365 million belongs to someone who bought a ticket at a market in Lincoln, Nebraska
But five people who bought tickets in Tennessee did just fine.
Tickets sold in Jackson, Christiana, Oliver Springs and Winchester matched the five top numbers, missing only the powerball
number. That gives them not only a $200,000, but $467,000 each from a bonus fund that's been accumulating since the jackpot
broke the previous record of $340 million last week.
A ticket buyer in Manchester added the Power Play option to a ticket, quadrupling the base prize and making the payout on
that ticket more than $1.25 million
Tennessee Lottery spokeswoman Kim Gerlock says nearly $8.5 million in tickets were sold between Thursday and Saturday's drawing
-- the second highest total in Tennessee Lottery history.
Only one Tennessee player has ever won the top Powerball prize. Bobbi Hubbard of South Pittsburg claimed nearly $14 million
last March.
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