Why the discrepancy?

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ineed9million — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:02:21 GMT

thanks guys

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RJOh — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:56:57 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ineed9million on March 31, 2005I do not understand why powerball's website claims 89 people have matched all 5 white numbers while usamega's website claims 110 people have matched all 5 white numbers. PowerBall website had the same information but more defined.http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_winner_summary.aspRJOh

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Todd — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:53:43 GMT

What ryanm said is correct.The Powerball site, for marketing purposes, wants to highlight the 21 Power Play winners as a kind of separate prize tier. But in reality, it is not a separate tier, it is a multiplier of the second tier. USA Mega correctly displays 110 second-tier winners.USA Mega also identifies the number of Power Play winners, in order to show you both sides of the equation.As a result of the Powerball practice of incorrectly identifying the Power Play winners separately, it conf... [ More ]

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ryanm — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:28:46 GMT

USA Mega lumps the $1 ticket and $2 PowerPlay ticket winners together (there were 89 regular $100,000 winners and 21 $500,000 winners, because the last 21 had PowerPlay).

Why the discrepancy?

ineed9million — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:04:14 GMT

I do not understand why powerball's website claims 89 people have matched all 5 white numbers while usamega's website claims 110 people have matched all 5 white numbers. And, if I'm pretty sure that last night when I checked the results powerball's website had the jackpot winner was from PA and not TN.