Powerball Jackpot Reaches $72 Million; $400,000 Power Play Prize Won!

Thursday, August 28, 2008 posted 09:19 AM EDT

POWERBALL -- 08/28/08 -- Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had some huge winners. A ticket sold in Colorado (1) matched all 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $400,000 cash win! Four other lucky tickets sold in Arizona (1), Connecticut (1), Delaware (1), and Wisconsin (1), each won $200,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!

The jackpot for the Saturday, August 30th drawing will be $72 million with the cash option at $35.5 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 13, 31, 36, 48, 49, and the Powerball was 11. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

A whopping 27 tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Five additional tickets of that prize level had the Power Play and had the prize multiplied by 2 for a $20,000 cash win! A total of 444,851 tickets across the nation won more than $3.8 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.

A total of 89,105 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prize by 2 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 $18,823,286 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.

The lotteries sold $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2008. That translates into over $743 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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