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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $108 Million

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Powerball jackpot keeps growing and capturing the imaginations of millions of players across the country! Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, 538,565 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.6 million in prizes in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $108 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, September 21st drawing will be an estimated $53.1 million.

The numbers drawn were 5, 9, 27, 49, 52 and the Powerball was 6. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Three players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. Their winning tickets were purchased in Arizona (2), and South Carolina.

Twenty-four players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three additional winners of that prize category purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $20,000.

More than 69,000 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 multiply your Powerball winnings 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 more than $21.8 million worth of tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold approximately 2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY05. That translates into more than $600 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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