Powerball
Grows to $27 Million
The Powerball Jackpot continues
to grow. No one hit the jackpot Wednesday, but
378,987 players across the nation won a total
of more than $2.9 million in prizes in America's
Game.
Because no one
correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's
drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated
$27 million.
The
cash option for the Saturday, October 29th drawing
will be an estimated $13 million.
The
numbers drawn were 2, 10, 39, 42, 43 and the
Powerball was 23. The Power Play multiplier
was 3.
There
were two winners in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
of the $200,000 match 5 prize.
Thirteen
players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball
and won $10,000. Six additional players of that
prize level wisely purchased the Power Play
and had their prize multiplied by 3 for a $30,000
cash win!
More
than 63,000 winning Powerball players multiplied
their prize by 3 Wednesday. They 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 $15.7 million in tickets
between Sunday and Wednesday night.
The
lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball
tickets in 2005. That translates into more than
$600 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball
is now played in 27 states, the District of
Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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