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Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $43 Million; $600,000 Power Play Prize Won!
Sunday, May 13, 2007 posted 12:23 PM EDT
Powerball will go to an estimated $43 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 Tennessee won $600,000 with the Power Play option! One other lucky
ticket sold in Missouri won $200,000 for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, May 16th drawing will be $43 million with the cash option at $20.3 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 30, 44, 46, 51, 53, and the Powerball was 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Eighteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Two additional players of that prize level
wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 3 for a $30,000 cash win! A total of 423,905 players across
the nation won more than $3.6 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 922,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 3 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 $18.7 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.
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