Powerball Jackpot Grows to $50 Million!

Monday, March 06, 2006 posted 12:00 PM EST

POWERBALL, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to

grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 490,227 players across the nation

won a total of more than $4.9 million in prizes in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the

jackpot will grow to an estimated $50 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, March 8th drawing will be an estimated

$23.9 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 13, 22, 27, 52, 55, and the Powerball was

26. The Power Play multiplier was 5.

Two players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Their

winning tickets were purchased in Connecticut, and Indiana.

Twenty-four players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won

$10,000. Nine additional winners at that prize level also wisely purchased

the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 5 times for a total of

$50,000!

More than 100,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5

Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for

one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings by 2-5 times,

except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to

select that night's multiplier. For a limited time during the current "Power

Play 10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot) can be multiplied up to

10 times for the same $1 Power Play cost.

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 $22 million in tickets between Wednesday and

Saturday night.

The lotteries sold more than $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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