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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $50 Million!
Monday, March 06, 2006 posted 12:00 PM EST
POWERBALL, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to
grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 490,227 players across the nation
won a total of more than $4.9 million in prizes in America's Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the
jackpot will grow to an estimated $50 million.
The cash option for the Wednesday, March 8th drawing will be an estimated
$23.9 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 13, 22, 27, 52, 55, and the Powerball was
26. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Two players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Their
winning tickets were purchased in Connecticut, and Indiana.
Twenty-four players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Nine additional winners at that prize level also wisely purchased
the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 5 times for a total of
$50,000!
More than 100,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5
Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for
one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings by 2-5 times,
except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to
select that night's multiplier. For a limited time during the current "Power
Play 10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot) can be multiplied up to
10 times for the same $1 Power Play cost.
Players should carefully check their tickets after every draw. Even if
there are no jackpot winners there are always tens of thousands of winners at
other prize levels.
Players purchased more than $22 million in tickets between Wednesday and
Saturday night.
The lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY05. That
translates into more than $600 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
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