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Powerball Jackpot Moves to $77 Million
Monday, December 14, 2009 posted 02:41 PM EST
(Powerball) The jackpot in America’s favorite lottery game is on the move.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $77 million!
The cash option for the Wednesday, December 12th drawing will be an estimated $38.3 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday night were 12-13-14-35-41 and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
There were 529,982 tickets across the nation that won a total of $3,412,175 in prizes.
There were 2 tickets sold in Idaho (1) and Kansas (1) that correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers and won $200,000 cash
each.
Other prizes won Saturday evening included 21 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three
additional tickets at this prize level also included the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 2 times to $20,000 cash!
A total of 108,156 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 2 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 $23,670,337 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Wednesday 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 31 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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