Powerball Jackpot Goes to $57 Million; $800,000 Power Play Prize Won!
Monday, April 23, 2007 posted 02:13 AM EDT
POWERBALL, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Powerball will go to an estimated $57 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening. Even though the jackpot was not hit, one lucky ticket from North Carolina won $800,000 with the Power Play option! Two other lucky tickets sold in Arizona (1), and Kentucky (1) won $200,000 each for matching all 5 white ball numbers.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, April 25th drawing will be $57 million with the cash option at $26.8 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 22, 26, 28, 33, 45, and the Powerball was 17. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Nineteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Eight additional players of that prize level wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 4 for a $40,000 cash win! A total of 484,599 players across the nation won more than $5.3 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 114,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 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. During the month of April's "Power Play 10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot) can be multiplied up to 10 times for the same $1 Power Play cost.
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 $21.1 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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