Powerball Jackpot Reaches $87 Million; Two $600,000 Power Play Prizes Won!

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:19am EDT 

  POWERBALL, Jul 31 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had
some huge winners. Two tickets in North Carolina (1), and Pennsylvania
(1) matched all 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an
incredible $600,000 cash win! Five other lucky tickets sold in Minnesota
(1), New Hampshire (1), Oregon (1), and Wisconsin (2), each won $200,000
cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!

    The jackpot for the Saturday, August 2nd drawing will be $87 million with
the cash option at $42.2 million.

    The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 3, 25, 45, 51, 55, and the
Powerball was 13. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

    A whopping 23 tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Four additional tickets of that prize level had the Power Play
and had the prize multiplied by 3 for a $30,000 cash win! A total of
490,932 tickets across the nation won more than $5.5 million in prizes
playing America's favorite game.

    A total of 95,831 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prize by 3
Wednesday. 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.

    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 $20,364,276 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between
Sunday and Wednesday night.

    The lotteries sold $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2008.
That translates into over $743 million for worthwhile state projects.

    Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands.

    For more information on Powerball, please visit our website at
www.powerball.com

    

Contact:
Doug Orr
Multi-State Lottery Association
515-453-1404

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