The jackpot keeps going up and hundreds of thousands of Powerball players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game.
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 475,355 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 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 $90 million.
The cash option for the Saturday, March 13 drawing will be an estimated $50.2 million.
The numbers drawn were: 10, 20, 22, 41, 49 and the Powerball was 6. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Eight players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri (2), Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The winning Connecticut 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-six players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Two of those players purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $25,000.
More than 54,000 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.
This current jackpot run started with the Saturday, February 7 drawing. The drawing on Wednesday night was the 10th consecutive draw without being hit. More than 3.7 million Powerball players across the nation have won a total of more than $31.7 million in cash prizes since this jackpot run started in early February.
Players purchased more than 16.7 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.
Almost at the $100 million level where non frequent players start playing (like myself). I guess I will have to bust out my spreadsheet and start predicting some. Good luck everyone.
Almost at the $100 million level where non frequent players start playing (like myself). I guess I will have to bust out my spreadsheet and start predicting some. Good luck everyone.
Winning Powerball jackpot worth $89,000,000 for Sat. March 13, 2004 is from Indiana
Play responsibly and have fun, Chas