Powerball: Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $127 MillionThere were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 649,059 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $127 million.
The cash option for the Wednesday, December 1 drawing will be an estimated $69.9 million.
The numbers drawn were: 16, 28, 35, 36, 47 and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
Seven players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. Their winning tickets were purchased in Delaware, Louisiana (2), Montana, New Hampshire, and Tennessee (2). One additional player in Indiana not only matched that prize level but also played Power Play for a total win of $200,000.
Thirty-Seven players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Five additional winners of that prize category also purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $10,000.
More than 76,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, 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 25.8 million tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.
The lotteries sold more than $2.2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY2004. That translates into more than $660 million for worthwhile state projects.
