Powerball Climbs to $49 Million!

Thursday, April 27, 2006 posted 11:12 AM EDT

POWERBALL, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to climb. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 411,983 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.6 million in prizes in America's favorite Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $49 million for Saturday night's drawing.

The cash option for the Saturday, April 29th drawing will be an estimated $22.1 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 12, 24, 26, 48, 55 and the Powerball was 14. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Two lucky players in the states of Pennsylvania (1), and Tennessee (1), correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.

Twelve players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven additional winners of that prize category also wisely purchased the Power Play option that multiplied their win 4 times for a total of $40,000!

More than 81,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 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 $17.3 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.

The lotteries have sold approximately $2.4 billion in Powerball tickets so far in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $700 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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