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09 March 2006
Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $88
Million
The
Powerball
jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger. Even though the
grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 503,287 players
across the nation won a total of more than $7.9 million in
prizes.
Also, two lucky players in
North Dakota and Oklahoma won $1 million each playing the
Powerball add-on feature of Power Play. Their normal prize
for matching 5 white numbers of $200,000 was multiplied 5
times due to the Power Play option.
Because no one correctly
matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an
estimated $88 million.
The cash option for the
Saturday, March 18th drawing will be an estimated $41.6
million.
The numbers drawn
Wednesday were 7, 12, 36, 48, 54 and the Powerball was 37.
The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Five lucky players in the
states of Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and South
Carolina correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won
$200,000. The two players in North Dakota and Oklahoma not
only won at that prize level but had it multiplied by 5 for
$1 million each.
Twenty players matched 4
white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. 10
additional winners of that prize category also wisely
purchased the Power Play option that multiplied their win 5
times for a total of $50,000.
More than 100,000 winning
Powerball players multiplied their prize by 5 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. For a limited time during the current
"Power Play 10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot)
can be multiplied up to 10 times for the same $1 Power Play
cost.
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