Powerball: Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $103 MillionAmerica's favorite lottery game is on a roll. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 557,782 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.2 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 $103 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the country.
The cash option for the Saturday, April 24 drawing will be an estimated $54.4 million.
The numbers drawn were: 8, 11, 34, 42, 51 and the Powerball was 27. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Six players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Tennessee. Tennessee began selling Powerball tickets on Monday and already one lucky Tennessee player has won $100,000.
None of the six winning Match 5 players purchased the Power Play option. If they had, they would have multiplied their prize by 4 for a total win of $400,000.
Thirty-three players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Three of those players purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $20,000.
More than 64,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 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.
This current jackpot run started with the Wednesday, March 17 drawing. The drawing on Wednesday night was the 11th consecutive draw without being hit. More than 4.1 million Powerball players across the nation have won a total of more than $33 million in cash prizes since this jackpot run started in mid-March.
Players purchased more than 20.2 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.
