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$206.9 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in New Mexico!
Sunday, September 28, 2008 posted 12:46 PM EDT
POWERBALL, Sep 28, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- One lucky ticket in New Mexico matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked
away with the $206.9 million jackpot. The holder of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29-year,
30-installment annuity, or the one time cash "lump sum" amount of $102,903,652.
There were a total of 1,192,531 additional winning tickets in America's Game Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling
$14,196,973.
The numbers drawn were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Fifteen tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in Arizona (1), Colorado
(1), Connecticut (1), Iowa (1), Idaho (1), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), Missouri (1), North Carolina (3), New Mexico (1),
Pennsylvania (2), and Tennessee (1). Three other tickets at this prize level sold in Indiana (1) and Pennsylvania (2), also
had the Power Play and multiplied their winnings by four for a total of $800,000 cash each.
Fifty-eight tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Thirteen additional players not only matched
4+1, but also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 4 for a total win of $40,000!
A total of 170,885 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 4 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5
times. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.
Players purchased $51,299,454 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The jackpot for Wednesday, October 1st will be $15 million.
The lotteries sold more than $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY08. That translates into more than $743 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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