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Powerball Moves to $25 Million!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 posted 10:43 AM EDT
POWERBALL, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not
hit Wednesday evening, 323,317 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.1 million in prizes in America's favorite
Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $25 million for Saturday night's
drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, June 2nd drawing will be an estimated $11.5 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 7, 23, 35, 54, 55 and the Powerball was 28. The Power Play multiplier was 2. One lucky
ticket in Pennsylvania correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.
Twelve tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Four additional winners of that prize category
also had the Power Play option that multiplied the win 2 times for a total of $20,000!
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A total of 71,301 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 $14.9 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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