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Oklahoma Ticket Wins $101.8 Million Powerball Jackpot

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- One lucky player in Oklahoma matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $101.8 million jackpot. The winner will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash "lump sum" amount of $46,276,534.

There were a total of 692,721 additional winners in America's Game Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling $6,673,716.

The numbers drawn were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Six tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in Colorado (1), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (1), Pennsylvania (2), and Tennessee (1).

Forty-one tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Seven additional players not only matched 4+1, but also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 4 for a total win of $40,000!

A total of 121,678 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 4 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5 times. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.

Players purchased more than $28.7 million in tickets between Wednesday and Saturday night.

The jackpot for Wednesday, June 21st will be $15 million.

The lotteries have sold more than $2.6 billion in Powerball tickets so far in FY06. That translates into more than $750 million for worthwhile state projects.

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

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