Lottery News and Stories
Powerball Jackpot Grows to $38 Million!
Monday, May 29, 2006 posted 12:14 AM EDT
POWERBALL, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 398,270 players
across the nation won a total of more than $3.9 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 $38 million.
The cash option for the Wednesday, May 31st drawing will be an estimated $16.9 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 6, 23, 27, 41, 47, and the Powerball was 19. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Six tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These winning tickets were purchased in Connecticut (1),
Iowa (1), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), Minnesota (1), and Nebraska (1).
Twenty tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Two additional winners at that prize level also
had the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 3 times for a total of $30,000.
More than 73,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 3 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.
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 $17.1 million in tickets between Wednesday and Saturday night. The lotteries have sold more than
$2.6 billion in Powerball tickets so far in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $750 million for worthwhile
state projects.
Powerball is now played in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information on Powerball,
visit our website at www.powerball.com
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