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Powerball jackpot rises

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 460,287 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.1 million in prizes in America's favorite Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $68 million for Saturday night's drawing.

The cash option for the Saturday, April 28th drawing will be an estimated $31.9 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 12, 13, 14, 17, 53 and the Powerball was 11. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Two lucky tickets in Minnesota (1), and Pennsylvania (1), correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.

Fourteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three additional winners of that prize category also had the Power Play option that multiplied the win 4 times for a total of $40,000!

A total of 106,285 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply any winnings from 2-5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier. For a limited time during the current "Power Play 10X" promotion, all prizes (except the jackpot) can be multiplied up to 10 times for the same $1 Power Play cost.

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 $19.9 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.

The lotteries sold over $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million for worthwhile state projects.

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