Lottery News and Stories
Lottery winners and losers
Monday, October 16, 2006 posted 01:45 AM EDT
POWERBALL, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to grow! Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday,
one lucky ticket in Pennsylvania won $400,000 with Power Play. A total of 487,271 players across the nation won more than
$3.6 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 $47 million.
The cash option for the Wednesday, October 18th drawing will be an estimated $22.4 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 1, 15, 17, 26, 40 and the Powerball was 19. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
Two tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. The winning tickets were purchased in Connecticut, and
Louisiana. One lucky ticket in Pennsylvania, not only matched the 5 white numbers, but also purchased the Power Play option
multiplying the $200,000 prize by 2 for a total win of $400,000!
Eighteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. One additional winner of that prize category
also purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $20,000.
More than 100,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings 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 $20.9 million worth of tickets between Thursday and Saturday night. The lotteries sold $2.8 billion
in Powerball tickets in FY06. That translates into more than $800 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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