Powerball Jackpot Reaches $78 Million

Thursday, February 22, 2007 posted 11:56 AM EST

Powerball has reached an estimated $78 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening. In addition, one lucky ticket from North Carolina won $600,000 cash with the Power Play option! One other lucky ticket won $200,000 for matching all 5 white ball numbers also in the state of Missouri.

The jackpot for the Saturday, February 24th drawing will be $78 million with the cash option at $37.5 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 2, 8, 22, 29, 37, and the Powerball was 3. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

Thirty-three tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven additional players of that prize level wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 3 for a $30,000 cash win! A total of 495,985 players across the nation won more than $4.5 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.

More than 94,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 3 Wednesday. 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 $20.7 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday 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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