Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $38 Million!

Thursday, March 02, 2006 posted 11:22 AM EST

POWERBALL, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 450,466 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 $38 million.

The cash option for the Saturday, March 4th drawing will be an estimated $18.6 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 10, 25, 35, 38, 41 and the Powerball was 23. The Power Play multiplier was 5.

One lucky player in the state of Minnesota correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.

Sixty-one players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Twenty-one additional winners of that prize category also wisely purchased the Power Play option that multiplied their win 5 times for a total of $50,000!

More than 80,000 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 $18 million in tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold approximately $2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY05. That translates into more than $600 million for worthwhile state projects.

Powerball is now played in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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