Powerball Jackpot Reaches $32 Million; Two $800,000 Power Play Prizes Won!

Thursday, October 16, 2008 posted 10:22 AM EDT

POWERBALL, Oct 16, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had some huge winners. Two tickets in Louisiana (1), and Pennsylvania (1) matched all 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $800,000 cash win each! Two other lucky tickets sold in South Carolina (1), and Wisconsin (1), each won $200,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!

The jackpot for the Saturday, October 18th drawing will be $32 million with the cash option at $16.3 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 3, 13, 32, 38, 48, and the Powerball was 13. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

A whopping 29 tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Nine additional tickets of that prize level had the Power Play and had the prize multiplied by 4 for a $40,000 cash win! A total of 404,108 tickets across the nation won more than $5.5 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.

A total of 83,982 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 $16,608,703 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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