08/24/06 POWERBALL GROWS TO $64 MILLION! 8/24/2006
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The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 459,363 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.3 million in prizes in America’s favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $64 million for Saturday night’s drawing.
The cash option for the Saturday, August 26th drawing will be an estimated $29.4 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 8, 17, 24, 38, 51 and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Six lucky tickets in Connecticut(2), North Carolina(1), Nebraska(1), Oklahoma (1), and Pennsylvania(1) correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.
Fifteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000.
Five additional winners of that prize category also had the Power Play option that multiplied the win 5 times for a total of $50,000!
More than 93,000 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 multiply any 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.
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 $20.1 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.
The lotteries sold over $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million for worthwhile state projects.
8/22/06 MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT rolls over to $60 million.
More Than 450,000 Tickets Win Prizes In Tuesday`s Drawing
Mega Millions is heating up! Players in the 12 Mega Millions states won big in the Tuesday, August 22, 2006 drawing, as a total of 453,598 tickets won prizes. There was no jackpot winner, so the jackpot is on the move and estimated at $60 million for the Friday, August 25, 2006 drawing.
The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing were: 3-4-5-7-36 and the Mega Ball number was 16. Here is a complete breakdown of all the winning tickets in the August 22 drawing:
5 tickets matched 5 numbers for $250,000
39 tickets matched 4 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10,000
2,494 tickets matched 4 numbers for $150
1,762 tickets matched 3 numbers + the Mega Ball for $150
23,320 tickets matched 2 numbers + the Mega Ball for $10
90,927 tickets matched 3 numbers for $7
124,169 tickets matched 1 number + the Mega Ball for $3
210,882 tickets matched the Mega Ball for $2
Five tickets came within just one number of hitting the jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing. Each matched the first five numbers and only missed the Mega Ball number. Two of those tickets were purchased in California, two in New York and one in Massachusetts.
Mega Millions is played in 12 states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
8/20/2006 Powerball JACKPOT GOES TO $51 MILLION!
(Powerball) The Powerball jackpot is getting bigger and bigger. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 501,433 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.1 million in prizes in America’s favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $51 million.
The cash option for the Wednesday, August 23rd drawing will be an estimated $23.3 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 12, 22, 26, 29, 51, and the Powerball was 9. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Eight tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These winning tickets were purchased in Connecticut (1), Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), North Carolina (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (2), and Tennessee (1).
Twenty-four tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Four additional winners at that prize level also had the Power Play option multiplying their winnings 3 times for a total of $30,000.
see more Mass lotto reporting Mass lottery gamesMore than 104,000 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.
see more Powerball and Mega Millions lotto reportingPlayers 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 $21.3 million in tickets between Wednesday and Saturday night. The lotteries sold more than $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million for worthwhile state projects.
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