Powerball: Powerball jackpot rockets to $84 million
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game just keeps on growing. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 469,680 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 $84 million.
The cash option for the Saturday, September 18 drawing will be an estimated $45.7 million.
The numbers drawn were: 1, 8, 17, 28, 50 and the Powerball was 20. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Nine players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in DC, Indiana (2), Maine, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin (2). None of the winning players purchased the Power Play option. If they had, they would have multiplied their prize by 4 for a total win of $400,000.
Twenty-nine players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Six additional winners of that prize level also purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $20,000.
A total of 60,432 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.
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 18.6 million tickets between Sunday and Wednesday 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.