$15 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT WON IN LOUISIANA!

$15 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT WON IN LOUISIANA!

9/30/2007 (Powerball) One lucky ticket in Louisiana matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $15 million jackpot. The holder of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash “lump sum” amount of $7,035,647.

There were a total of 377,972 additional winning tickets in America’s Game Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling $4,058,339.

The numbers drawn were 31, 33, 38, 49, 55 and the Powerball was 39. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

Four tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in Iowa (1), Louisiana (1), Oklahoma (1), and Pennsylvania (1). One additional ticket in Pennsylvania not only matched all 5 white numbers but had the Power Play as well winning a total of $600,000 cash.

Twenty-four tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three additional players not only matched 4+1, but also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 3 for a total win of $30,000!

A total of 74,418 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 3 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5 times. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night’s multiplier.
Players purchased $18,365,978 in tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The jackpot for Wednesday, October 3 will be $15 million.
The lotteries sold more than $2.5 billion in Powerball tickets in FY07. That translates into more than $725 million for worthwhile state projects.

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