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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $180 Million

UNITED STATES -– (PRESS RELEASE) -- The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game continues to grow to enormous amounts. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, 830,517 players across the nation won a total of more than $8.5 million in prizes.

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

The cash option for the Saturday, February 4th drawing will be an estimated $87.2 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 11, 13, 30, 35, 55 and the Powerball was 37. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Ten very lucky winning tickets in D.C. (1), Delaware (1), Kentucky (1), Missouri (1), New Hampshire (1), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (1), and Wisconsin (1) matched all 5 white numbers for a $200,000 prize. One additional player in Delaware not only matched all 5 white numbers, but also wisely purchased the Power Play option multiplying the $200,000 prize 4 times for a total win of $800,000!

Forty-five players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Four additional players who won at this prize level also wisely purchased the Power Play and had the $10,000 winnings multiplied by 4 to $40,000!

More than 100,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prizes by 4 Wednesday. They 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 aren't any jackpot winners there are always tens of thousands of winners at other prize levels.

Players purchased more than $35.8 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night. The lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY05. That translates into more than $600 million for worthwhile state projects.

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