Powerball lotto rolls up to $20 million

01/20/08 Powerball lotto rolls up to $20 million for Wednesday lottery

2 winners for the $1 MILLION Power Play
Even though the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening, Powerball paid off in big ways. Two lucky tickets in Indiana and Louisiana won $1 million cash each with the Power Play option! In addition, four tickets in Colorado (1), Minnesota (1), and Tennessee (2) matched all 5 white ball numbers for a $200,000 win.
The jackpot for the Wednesday, January 23rd drawing will be $20 million with the cash option at $10 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, and the Powerball was 2. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Twenty-five tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. 5 additional players of that prize level bought the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 5 for a $50,000 cash win! A total of 399,478 tickets across the nation won more than $6.6 million in prizes playing America’s favorite game.
A total of 80,068 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prize by 5 Saturday. Players were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for $1. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2-5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night’s multiplier.
$17,593,848 was played in this Powerball lottery.