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Powerball Breaks to $103 Million!
Monday, June 25, 2007 posted 02:53 PM EDT
POWERBALL, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot has broken through to the next level. Even though the grand prize
was not hit Saturday evening, 505,976 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.7 million in prizes in America's
favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $103 million for Wednesday night's
drawing.
The cash option for the Wednesday, June 27th drawing will be an estimated $45.8 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 14, 15, 27, 43, 53 and the Powerball was 28. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Four tickets in Kentucky (1), Minnesota (1), and Wisconsin (2) correctly matched all 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Twenty-six
tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Five additional winners of that prize category also had
the Power Play option that multiplied the win 4 times for a total of $40,000!
A total of 93,063 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 Saturday. 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 $22.8 million in tickets between Thursday and Saturday 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.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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