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Powerball Jackpot Rises to $151 Million

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Eleven lottery players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the country's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.

There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 839,378 prizes were paid out across the nation for a total of more than $6.6 million worth of winnings in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $151 million.

The cash option for the Saturday, October 2 drawing will be an estimated $83.2 million.

The numbers drawn were: 16, 28, 33, 35, 37 and the Powerball was 17. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

Nine players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in Arizona, Connecticut (2), Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota (2), and Pennsylvania. Two additional players from Connecticut and Indiana matched the 5 white numbers and purchased the Power Play option. By doing so they multiplied their winnings by 3 for a total prize worth $300,000.

Sixty players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Twelve additional players not only matched 4+1 but also purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $15,000.

More than 87,000 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 3 Wednesday. Winners were able to do that 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.

This current jackpot run started with the Wednesday, August 18 drawing. The drawing on Wednesday night was the 13th consecutive draw without being hit.

Players purchased more than $32.9 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.

The lotteries sold more than $2.2 billion in Powerball tickets in FY04. 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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