Powerball Jackpot Grows To $240 Million
Sunday, January 21, 2007 posted 03:00 AM EST
Powerball will grow to an estimated $240 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening. Even though the jackpot was not hit, four lucky tickets won $1 million cash by matching the 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play option! These four tickets were sold in Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Oregon (1), and Rhode Island (1). Six other lucky tickets sold in Kentucky (1), New Hampshire (1), Pennsylvania (3), and Wisconsin (1) won $200,000 each for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, January 24th drawing will be $240 million with the cash option of $114 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 1, 5, 26, 32, 38, and the Powerball was 30. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Ninety-four tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Nine additional players of that prize level wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 5 for a $50,000 cash win! A total of 1,347,194 players across the nation won more than $15.8 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 171,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for $1. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball 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 $56.7 million in tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The lotteries sold $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into over $800 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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