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Powerball Moves to $41 Million!
Thursday, March 29, 2007 posted 10:24 AM EDT
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 388,960 players
across the nation won a total of more than $2.6 million in prizes in America's favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $41 million for Saturday night's drawing.
The cash option for the Saturday, March 31st drawing will be an estimated $19.1 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday were
6, 20, 35, 37, 47 and the Powerball was 1. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
One lucky ticket in Missouri (1) correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Twenty-one tickets matched 4 white
numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven additional winners of that prize category also had the Power Play option
that multiplied the win 2 times for a total of $20,000!
A total of 76,109 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply any 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 $19.1 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.
The lotteries sold over $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million
for worthwhile state projects
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