Powerball jackpot increases to $275 million

Thursday, March 13, 2008 posted 10:37 AM EDT

The Powerball jackpot just keeps on growing as no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing.

As a result, about $275 million will be up for grabs when the next drawing takes place at 9:59 p.m. Saturday.

One Minnesotan did come up a big winner on Wednesday by matching the numbers on the five white balls pulled from the hopper, but missing the red Powerball. That person and 15 others ticket holders from Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia won $200,000, a Powerball spokesperson said.

For the record, the winning numbers Wednesday were 12, 19, 30, 34, 36 and the Powerball was 8.

More than 1.56 million players collectively won $14.1 on Wednesday, lottery officials said.

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