Powerball Jackpot Builds to $155 Million!

Thursday, January 11, 2007 posted 11:24 AM EST

The Powerball jackpot continues to build. No one hit the jackpot Wednesday, but 709,803 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.8 million in prizes in America's favorite Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $155 million.

The cash option for the Saturday, January 13th drawing will be an estimated $74.7 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 36, 42, 45, 53, 54, and the Powerball was 36. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Four tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These winning tickets were purchased in Arizona (1), Missouri (1), and Oklahoma (2).

Twenty-four tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven additional winners at that prize level also had the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 2 times for a total of $20,000.

More than 106,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Wednesday. 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.

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 $32 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night. The lotteries sold more than $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million for worthwhile state projects.

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