Powerball Jackpot Grows to $34 Million; Two $800,000 Power Play Prizes Won!

Thursday, May 10, 2007 posted 11:14 AM EDT

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

The jackpot for the Saturday, May 12th drawing will be $34 million with the cash option at $16.2 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 2, 13, 30, 44, 52, and the Powerball was 40. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Nine tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three 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 345,029 tickets across the nation won more than $5.3 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.

A total of 74,596 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prize by 4 Wednesday. Players 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 $16.6 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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