Powerball Jackpot Climbs To $40 Million

Thursday, August 17, 2006 posted 11:34 AM EDT

Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball paid off in big ways. Two lucky tickets in Oklahoma (1), and Kentucky (1) won $800,000 each with the Power Play option! In addition, two other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of Missouri (1), and Nebraska (1).

The jackpot for the Saturday, August 19th drawing will be $40 million with the cash option at $18.4 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 2, 13, 22, 48, 50, and the Powerball was 2. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

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