Lottery News and Stories
Powerball jackpot now $44 million
Thursday, March 12, 2009 posted 10:42 AM EDT
The Florida Lottery today announced that the Wednesday, March 12, POWERBALL® drawing resulted in a rollover, producing a
$44 million jackpot for the next drawing. One Florida player won $1 million by adding Power Play and matching five winning
numbers.
The winning POWERBALL numbers were: 03 - 07 - 13 - 34 - 47 and the Powerball was 30. The Power Play multiplier was 05.
More than 79,000 Florida POWERBALL players won prizes in the game. Prize payouts are as follows:
· 1 player matched five numbers, winning $200,000.00.
· 3 players matched four numbers plus the Powerball, each winning $10,000.00.
· 164 players matched four numbers, each winning $100.00.
· 167 players matched three numbers plus the Powerball, each winning $100.00.
· 7,783 players matched three numbers, each winning $7.00.
· 2,890 players matched two numbers plus the Powerball, each winning $7.00.
· 17,051 players matched one number plus the Powerball, each winning $4.00.
· 32,171 players matched only the Powerball, each winning $3.00.
· 19,734 players added Power Play and matched one of the non-jackpot winning combinations listed above, multiplying their
winnings by 05. Of those, one Power Play players won $1 million by matching five numbers.
Power Play is an add-on feature to POWERBALL that allows players to multiply their non-jackpot winnings by two, three, four
or five times for $1 more per play. Power Play players who match five numbers win $1 million – the original match 5 prize
multiplied by five. All other non-jackpot prizes are multiplied by the Power Play multiplier, from two through five, selected
at random at the start of each drawing.
The next POWERBALL drawing will be held Saturday, March 14, at 10:59 p.m. ET with a $44 million jackpot. POWERBALL drawings
may be viewed on the Lottery’s TV carrier stations statewide and on the Florida Lottery Web site at flalottery.com. Winning
numbers are available on the Lottery Web site, at retailers statewide and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.
POWERBALL is a multi-state, mega-jackpot lotto game that is played in 30 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. The game is administered by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The game’s starting jackpot is $20 million,
and increases with each rollover if no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball.
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