Lottery News and Stories
Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $60 Million
Sunday, July 15, 2007 posted 12:34 PM EDT
Powerball will jump to an estimated $60 million for Wednesday's drawing as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening.
Even though the jackpot was not hit, three lucky tickets from Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania won $1 million each
with the Power Play option! Four other lucky tickets sold in Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Wisconsin won $200,000
for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, July 18th drawing will be $60 million with the cash option at $26.8 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 1, 21, 30, 34, 36, and the Powerball was 37. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Twenty tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Five 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 421.914 players across the
nation won more than $7.6 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 82,877 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 $19.7 million in tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The lotteries sold $2.5 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2007. That translates into over $725 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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