Powerball Jackpot Grows to $40 Million

Thursday, December 11, 2008 posted 10:09 AM EST

Wednesday night's $35 million Powerball Lottery drawing has gone off on schedule. According to lottery officials, no winner was recorded. That means Saturday's jackpot will be worth an estimated $40 million to a single winner.

That translates to a cash out option of more than $23 million to the winner. Or, winners can take their winnings spread out in 30 annuity payments.

The results are in and the winning numbers for Wednesday are; 6, 15, 24, 37, 41 and the Powerball number was 37. The multiplier for this go around was 4.

Although there was no winner for Wednesday's drawing, 347,676 players across the nation won more than $4.5 Million in prizes in America's Game. Powerball reminds players to check their tickets very carefully as thousands of prizes go unclaimed every year.

The Powerball Lottery offers its player a Power Play option for every drawing. With the Power Play option, players multiply their Powerball winnings from 2 to 5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.

Powerball drawings are held on Wednesday and Saturday nights and go off at 11PM Eastern Time. Each drawing can be watched live on the lottery's local broadcast partners.

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