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Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $131 Million
Sunday, January 07, 2007 posted 04:04 AM EST
Powerball will jump to an estimated $131 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening. Even
though the jackpot was not hit, one lucky ticket from Iowa won $800,000 cash with the Power Play option! Three other lucky
tickets sold in Connecticut (1), Missouri (1), and North Carolina (1) won $200,000 each for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, January 10th drawing will be $131 million with the cash option at $63.5 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 1, 24, 40, 49, 50, and the Powerball was 38. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Thirty-seven tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Nine additional players of that prize level
wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 4 for a $40,000 cash win! A total of 668,962 players across
the nation won more than $6.5 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 105,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing
the Power Play option for $1. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 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 $31 million in tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The lotteries sold $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into over $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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