Powerball Jackpot Reaches $52 Million; $600,000 Power Play Prize Won!

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Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:12am EDT 

  POWERBALL, Oct 23 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had
some big winners. A ticket in North Carolina (1) matched all 5 white ball
numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $600,000 cash win! Two
other lucky tickets sold in Minnesota (1), and Pennsylvania (1) each won
$200,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers!

    The jackpot for the Saturday, October 25th drawing will be $52 million
with the cash option at $25.5 million.

    The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 10, 17, 33, 51, 52, and the
Powerball was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

    A whopping nineteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and
won $10,000. Two 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
438,970 tickets across the nation won more than $3.9 million in prizes
playing America's favorite game.

    A total of 92,794 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 $17,716,871 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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