POWERBALL, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The jackpot in America's favorite
lottery game continues to power upward. Even though the grand prize was not
awarded Wednesday evening, 304,530 players across the nation won a total of
more than $2.5 million in prizes.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing
the jackpot will grow to an estimated $41 million!
The cash option for the Saturday, December 31st drawing will be an
estimated $19.9 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 12, 15, 30, 46, 54 and the
Powerball was 1. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Three winning tickets in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island matched all
5 white numbers for a $200,000 prize.
Thirteen players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. One additional player who won at this prize level also wisely
purchased the Power Play and had the $10,000 winnings multiplied by 3 to
$30,000!
More than 48,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prizes by 3
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 $14 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.
For more information on Powerball, please visit our website at
http://www.powerball.com .
SOURCE Multi-State Lottery Association
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CONTACT:
Doug Orr of Multi-State Lottery Association,
+1-515-453-1404
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