SOURCE: Multi-State Lottery Association
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March 27, 2008 08:29 ET
Powerball Reaches $36 Million!
POWERBALL--(Marketwire - March 27, 2008) - The Powerball jackpot continues to build. Even
though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 425,884 players
across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in
America's favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to
an estimated $36 million for Saturday night's drawing.
The cash option for the Saturday, March 30th drawing will be an estimated
$18.7 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 9, 12, 20, 37, 49 and the Powerball was
17. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
One lucky ticket in Oklahoma (1) correctly matched the 5 white numbers and
won $200,000.
Twenty-two tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Four additional winners of that prize category also had the Power
Play option that multiplied the win 2 times for a total of $20,000!
A total of 87,052 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2
Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option
for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply any 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 $17,872,443 in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday
night.
The lotteries sold over $2.5 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year
2007. That translates into approximately $725 million for worthwhile state
projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information on Powerball, visit our website
at www.powerball.com