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Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $45 Million; Two $1 Million Power Play Prizes Won
Sunday, August 30, 2009 posted 12:00 PM EDT
(Powerball) The jackpot in America’s favorite lottery game continues to climb higher and higher. Even though the grand
prize was not awarded Saturday evening, two lucky tickets in North Carolina (1), and Pennsylvania (1) matched all 5 white
numbers with the Power Play and won $1 million cash each. This was a result of the new Power Play feature that turns any
match 5 white ball win with the Power Play into a 5X multiplier and pushes the prize up to $1 million cash! Three other
lucky tickets in Arizona (1), Rhode Island (1), and South Dakota (1) matched all 5 white ball numbers without the multiplier
for a sensational $200,000 cash win on each. In addition, 517,720 tickets across the nation won a total of $6,737,740 in
prizes.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $45 million!
The cash option for the Wednesday, September 2nd drawing will be an estimated $22.8 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday night were 1, 20, 37, 52, 53 and the Powerball was 33. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Other prizes won Saturday evening included 18 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven
additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 3 times
to $30,000 cash!
A total of 105,340 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 3 Saturday. Players were able to do that by purchasing
the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2 to 5 times, except for
the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing an animated spinner presents 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 $23,046,291 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night. The lotteries sold
more than $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY09. That translates into more than $743 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 30 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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