Powerball Leaps To $152 Million

The Powerball jackpot continues to grow and grow. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 740,025 players across the nation won a total of more than $6 million in prizes. One lucky player in Arizona won $400,000 playing the exciting Powerball add-on feature: Power Play. Their normal prize for matching 5 white numbers of $200,000 was multiplied 2 times due to the Power Play option.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $152 million for Saturday night's drawing.

The cash option for the Saturday, April 1st drawing will be an estimated $71.8 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 2, 14, 24, 28, 54 and the Powerball was 13. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Six lucky players in the states of Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), Pennsylvania (1), South Carolina (2), and Tennessee (1), correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. One player in Arizona not only won at that prize level but also purchased the Power Play and had the $200,000 multiplied by 2 for a total win of $400,000.

Thirty-eight players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. 7 additional winners of that prize category also wisely purchased the Power Play option that multiplied their win 2 times for a total of $20,000.

More than 138,000 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.