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Powerball Jackpot Climbs To $76 Million; Two $1 Million Power Play Prizes Won!
Sunday, June 17, 2007 posted 12:40 PM EDT
POWERBALL, June 17 -- Powerball will climb to an estimated $76 million for Wednesday's drawing as the grand prize was not
hit Saturday evening. Even though the jackpot was not hit, two lucky tickets from Louisiana and Missouri won $1 million each
with the Power Play option! One other lucky ticket sold in Arizona won $200,000 for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, June 20th drawing will be $76 million with the cash option at $34.5 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 4, 8, 32, 47, 51, and the Powerball was 27. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Sixteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Four additional players of that prize level
wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 5 for a $50,000 cash win! A total of 467,248 players across
the nation won more than $6.2 million in prizes playing America's favorite game. More than 90,935 winning Powerball players
multiplied their prize by 5 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 $20.6 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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