Lottery News and Stories
Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $27 Million
Thursday, April 12, 2007 posted 10:42 AM EDT
Powerball will jump to an estimated $27 million for Saturday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening. Even
though the jackpot was not hit, one lucky ticket from Wisconsin won $400,000 with the Power Play option! Eight other lucky
tickets sold in Arizona (2), Missouri (1), North Carolina (1), New Hampshire (1), Pennsylvania (1), Rhode Island (1), and
South Dakota (1) won $200,000 each for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Saturday, April 14th drawing will be $27 million with the cash option at $12.8 million. The numbers
drawn Wednesday evening were 6, 15, 38, 42, 51, and the Powerball was 18. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
Twenty-nine tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Six additional players of that prize level
wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 2 for a $20,000 cash win! A total of 380,160 players across
the nation won more than $4.5 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 380,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Wednesday. 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. During the month of April's "Power Play
10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot) can be multiplied up to 10 times for the same $1 Power Play cost.
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 $17.2 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday 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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