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Powerball Jackpot Moves to $81 Million
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $81 million.The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game continues to move. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday evening, 8 lucky tickets in Arizona (1), Iowa (1), Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), Maine (1), Oklahoma (1), Pennsylvania (1), and South Dakota (1) matched all 5 white numbers and won $200,000 cash each. In addition, 471,565 tickets across the nation won a total of $4,899,667 in prizes.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 3rd drawing will be an estimated $40.5 million.The numbers drawn Saturday night were 2, 14, 15, 32, 47 and the Powerball was 36. The Power Play multiplier was 3.Other prizes won Saturday evening included 25 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option and multiplied winnings 3 times to $30,000 cash!A total of 87,938 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 3 Saturday. Players were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2 to 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 $22,052,433 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night. | Sunday, August 31, 2008
11:14 AM EDT | $132 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket sold in Mableton, GA
ATLANTA A single ticket has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions multistate lottery drawing. | Saturday, August 30, 2008
12:28 PM EDT | Man Donates $3M Lottery Ticket to New York Church
A Long Island church is $3 million richer - thanks to a generous parishioner who hit the lottery and donated his winning ticket. | Thursday, August 28, 2008
09:20 AM EDT | | Casino Games | Online Gambling | Powerball Jackpot Reaches $72 Million; $400,000 Power Play Prize Won!
Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball had some huge winners. A ticket sold in Colorado (1) matched all 5 white ball numbers with the Power Play for an incredible $400,000 cash win! | Thursday, August 28, 2008
09:19 AM EDT | Mega Millions jackpot increases to $132 million
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $132 million. | Wednesday, August 27, 2008
09:31 AM EDT | Mega Millions jackpot grows to $114 million for Tuesday, August 26
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $114 million. | Monday, August 25, 2008
08:48 AM EDT | Powerball Jackpot Reaches $52 Million!
POWERBALL -- 08/21/08 -- Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball generated some big winners. Three lucky tickets sold in Kansas (1), New Mexico (1), and Oregon (1) won $200,000 each by matching all 5 white ball numbers! | Thursday, August 21, 2008
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