Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $220 million

Apr 9, 2006, 1:00 pm (15 comments)

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The Powerball jackpot continues to jump higher, as lines at lottery machines are starting to grow.

No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 929,494 players across the nation won a total of more than $10.1 million in prizes in "America's Game".

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $220 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, April 12th drawing will be an estimated $101 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 4, 23, 35, 43, 44, and the Powerball was 35. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

Eleven players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Their winning tickets were purchased in Arizona (2), Colorado (1), Delaware (1), Louisiana (1), Minnesota (1), Missouri (1), New Mexico (1), Pennsylvania (1), and Wisconsin (2). Three additional lucky players in Indiana, South Carolina, and West Virginia who matched 5 also wisely purchased the Power Play option and multiplied the $200,000 prize by 3 for a total win of $600,000.

Thirty-seven players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Eleven additional winners at that prize level also purchased the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 3 times for a total of $30,000.

More than 134,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 3 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings by 2-5 times, 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 $40.6 million in tickets between Wednesday and Saturday night. The lotteries sold more than $2.2 billion in Powerball tickets in calendar year 2005. That translates into more than $660 million for worthwhile state projects.

Lottery Post Staff

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SassyOhio's avatarSassyOhio

You can usually bet that when the power ball and or the mega ball number matches one of the numbers in the 5  there isnt going to be a JACKPOT winner. Well lets regroup and GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT!! Banana

Littlemanjen

Well, Sassy, as cute as your picture is I 'll get you that car if I win. What the heck, I'll get it for you anyways, LOL. Good luck to you. By the way, just saw your webpage that you are very happily married. Sorry. Hope you win a jackpot someday.

SassyOhio's avatarSassyOhio

Well, Sassy, as cute as your picture is I 'll get you that car if I win. What the heck, I'll get it for you anyways, LOL. Good luck to you. By the way, just saw your webpage that you are very happily married. Sorry. Hope you win a jackpot someday.

Lol, that was sweet and made me smile  Thanks!!, Needed that been having a bad day lol. Dont be sorry, no reason to be its always good to make a lady smile and  add a little more to my DREAMS LOL  Good luck to ya as well!Wink

CASH Only

Well, Sassy, as cute as your picture is I 'll get you that car if I win. What the heck, I'll get it for you anyways, LOL. Good luck to you. By the way, just saw your webpage that you are very happily married. Sorry. Hope you win a jackpot someday.

Lol, that was sweet and made me smile  Thanks!!, Needed that been having a bad day lol. Dont be sorry, no reason to be its always good to make a lady smile and  add a little more to my DREAMS LOL  Good luck to ya as well!Wink

Sassy, you are beautiful. With my luck I'll get sued for sexual harassment.

LOTTOMIKE's avatarLOTTOMIKE

Well, Sassy, as cute as your picture is I 'll get you that car if I win. What the heck, I'll get it for you anyways, LOL. Good luck to you. By the way, just saw your webpage that you are very happily married. Sorry. Hope you win a jackpot someday.

Lol, that was sweet and made me smile  Thanks!!, Needed that been having a bad day lol. Dont be sorry, no reason to be its always good to make a lady smile and  add a little more to my DREAMS LOL  Good luck to ya as well!Wink

Sassy, you are beautiful. With my luck I'll get sued for sexual harassment.

what if she wanted you to take annual payments? hmmmmm......

LOTTOMIKE's avatarLOTTOMIKE

i think tennessee will have the next jackpot winner......

SassyOhio's avatarSassyOhio

Well, Sassy, as cute as your picture is I 'll get you that car if I win. What the heck, I'll get it for you anyways, LOL. Good luck to you. By the way, just saw your webpage that you are very happily married. Sorry. Hope you win a jackpot someday.

Lol, that was sweet and made me smile  Thanks!!, Needed that been having a bad day lol. Dont be sorry, no reason to be its always good to make a lady smile and  add a little more to my DREAMS LOL  Good luck to ya as well!Wink

Sassy, you are beautiful. With my luck I'll get sued for sexual harassment.

what if she wanted you to take annual payments? hmmmmm......

Who me?  Shoot I ever get the choice I am all about all or nothing LMAO CASH BABY!!!!!

SassysBaibeee's avatarSassysBaibeee

That's what I'M talkin' about! LUMP SUM Let's go shopping! I love that road trip, just thinking about and planning for our jackpot. I've always believed, if you can see it, it can happen, and we're some BIG dreamers! I can see it! How about you?

PS I would like to also second what everyone's saying about Sassy. She's one SEXY LADY!!! (I know 1st hand! Thumbs Up)

DoubleDown

Hmmmm ......

I like to double down !!!

CASH Only

Hmmmm ......

I like to double down !!!

I prefer the slots myself. And Keno.

wwcom1

Lottery Post has alot of beautiful people messages here...  WOW!!!

Just6ntlc

Congratulations to the 2nd prize winners. I'm happy that PB continues to grow and roll. I hope it continues.

SassyOhio's avatarSassyOhio

Congratulations to the 2nd prize winners. I'm happy that PB continues to grow and roll. I hope it continues.

Shooot Not me I take it RIGHT NOW it can roll right on over HEREEEEEEEE

SassysBaibeee's avatarSassysBaibeee

I'm screamin that Muffin... I think that 220 million is a very nice round number... we could be good with that... of course if it wants to take another week to get bigger, that's fine, as long as we're already holding the winning ticket right now.

Dance  It feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeels Good Dance  I knew that it would nooooooow White Bounce

 

 

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