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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $180 Million

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Powerball jackpot has reached an enormous size and players across the nation are showing their incredible enthusiasm for America's game. A whopping 1,198,215 players won more than $11.3 million in prizes Saturday night.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $180 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, May 25 drawing will be an estimated $102.2 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday night were 2, 5, 7, 10, 30 and the Powerball was 23. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Twenty-five players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. Their winning tickets were purchased in Arizona (2), Colorado (2), Connecticut, DC, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana (3), Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Six additional players in Pennsylvania (5), and South Carolina not only matched that prize level, but also played Power Play for a total win of $200,000.

One hundred and twenty-one players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Twenty-six additional winners of that prize category also purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $10,000.

More than 127,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your Powerball winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2-5 times. 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.

More than $44.5 million in tickets were purchased between Thursday and Saturday night. The lotteries sold more than $2.2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY2004. That translates into more than $660 million for worthwhile state projects.

Powerball is now played in 27 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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