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$15 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in Louisiana!
Sunday, October 01, 2006 posted 11:05 AM EDT
POWERBALL, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- One lucky ticket in Louisiana matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $15
million jackpot. The holder of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29- year, 30-installment annuity,
or the one time cash "lump sum" amount of $7,253,384.
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There were a total of 474,608 additional winning tickets in America's Game Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling
$5,852,893.
The numbers drawn were 6, 15, 30, 32, 39 and the Powerball was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Seven tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in Connecticut (2), Missouri
(1), North Carolina (2), Nebraska (1), and Tennessee (1).
Twenty-five tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Six additional players not only matched 4+1,
but also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 5 for a total win of $50,000!
A total of 101,495 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 5 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5
times. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.
Players purchased more than $19.3 million in tickets between Wednesday and Saturday night.
The jackpot for Wednesday, October 4th will be $15 million.
The lotteries sold more than $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in FY06. That translates into more than $825 million for worthwhile
state projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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