Powerball: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $52 Million
The Powerball jackpot is on the rise. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 353,945 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes in America's Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $52 million.
The cash option for the Saturday, February 28 drawing will be an estimated $28.4 million.
The numbers drawn were: 4, 5, 11, 17, 47 and the Powerball was 35. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Six players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky (2), New Mexico, and West Virginia. The winning Colorado player purchased the Power Play option. By spending the extra dollar that player multiplied their prize by 5 for a total win of $500,000.
Twenty-seven players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Four of those players purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $25,000.
More than 45,000 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 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 almost 13 million tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.
The lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball tickets in 2003. That translates into more than $600 million for worthwhile state projects.