Powerball Grows to $64 Million
UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Powerball jackpot continues to
grow. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 459,363
players across the nation won a total of more than $5.3 million in prizes
in America's favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow
to an estimated $64 million for Saturday night's drawing.
The cash option for the Saturday, August 26th drawing will be an
estimated $29.4 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 8, 17, 24, 38, 51 and the Powerball
was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Six lucky tickets in Connecticut (2), North Carolina (1), Nebraska (1),
Oklahoma (1), and Pennsylvania (1) correctly matched the 5 white numbers
and won $200,000.
Fifteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Five additional winners of that prize category also had the Power
Play option that multiplied the win 5 times for a total of $50,000!
More than 93,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5
Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option
for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply any 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 $20.1 million in tickets between Sunday and
Wednesday night.
The lotteries sold over $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal
year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 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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