Powerball
Jackpot Grows to $57 Million
The Powerball jackpot continues
to grow. No one hit the grand prize Wednesday,
but 405,345 players across the nation won a
total of more than $3.6 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 $57 million.
The
cash option for the Saturday, November 26th
drawing will be an estimated $27.7 million.
The
numbers drawn Wednesday were 9, 12, 24, 25,
27, and the Powerball was 33. The Power Play
multiplier was 4.
One
player In North Dakota correctly matched the
5 white numbers and won $200,000.
Thirty-six
players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball
and won $10,000. Three additional winners of
that prize category also purchased the Power
Play option multiplying their prize 4 times
for a total win of $40,000!
More
than 63,000 winning Powerball players multiplied
their prize by 4 Wednesday. They were able to
do that by purchasing the Power Play option
for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply
your Powerball winnings by 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 $16.4 million in tickets
between Sunday and Wednesday evening.
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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