Powerball
Jackpot Reaches $75 Million
Even though the grand prize
was not awarded Wednesday evening, a lucky player
in Tennessee won a $1 million cash prize with
the Power Play option. A total of 378,188 players
across the nation won more than $4.6 million
in prizes playing America's favorite game.
Because
no one correctly matched all six numbers in
Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to
an estimated $75 million!
The
cash option for the Saturday, December 3rd drawing
will be an estimated $36.4 million.
The
numbers drawn Wednesday night were 19, 23, 27,
42, 52 and the Powerball was 1. The Power Play
multiplier was 5.
Three
winning tickets in Delaware, Indiana, and Minnesota
matched all 5 white numbers for a $200,000 prize.
A player in Tennessee not only won at this prize
level but also wisely purchased the Power Play
option which multiplied the $200,000 by 5 for
a total win of $1 million.
Twenty-eight
players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball
and won $10,000. One additional player who won
at this prize level also purchased the Power
Play and had the $10,000 prize multiplied by
5 to $50,000!
More
than 55,000 winning Powerball players multiplied
their prizes by 5 Wednesday. They were able
to do that by purchasing the Power Play option
for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply
your 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.
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 $17 million in tickets between
Sunday and Wednesday night.
The
lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball
tickets in FY05. 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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