One lucky player in Oklahoma matched
all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $101.8 million jackpot. The
winner will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment
annuity, or the one time cash "lump sum" amount of $46,276,534.
There were a total of 692,721 additional winners in America's Game
Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling $6,673,716.
The numbers drawn were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25. The
Power Play multiplier was 4.
Six tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.
These tickets were sold in Colorado (1), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (1),
Pennsylvania (2), and Tennessee (1).
Forty-one tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won
$10,000. Seven additional players not only matched 4+1, but also purchased
the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 4 for a total win of
$40,000!
A total of 121,678 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 4
Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so 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.
Players purchased more than $28.7 million in tickets between Wednesday
and Saturday night.
The jackpot for Wednesday, June 21st will be $15 million.
The lotteries have sold more than $2.6 billion in Powerball tickets so
far in FY06. That translates into more than $750 million for worthwhile
state projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Col
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