Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $53 Million!

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $53 Million!

POWERBALL, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is still on the way up. Even though Wednesday evening's draw did not generate a jackpot winner, 340,346 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.1 million in prizes.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $53 million.

The cash option for the Saturday, September 3rd drawing will be an estimated $26.7 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 13, 17, 19, 41, 50 and the Powerball was 13. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

One lucky player in Arizona correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.

Twenty players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Two additional players who won at this prize level also purchased the Power Play for a total win of $20,000!

More than 50,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prizes by 2 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 2-5 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 $13 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday 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.

For more information on Powerball, please visit our website at http://www.powerball.com/ Contact:

AZ: Kevan Kaighn 480-921-4435 NE: Brian Rockey 402.471.6104
CO: Todd Greco 719.546.2400 NH: Maura McCann 603.271.3391
CT: Diane Patterson 860.348.4128 NM: Lance Ross 505.342.7616
DC: Robert Hainey 202.645.7900 ND: Eileen Walsh 701.328.1573
DE: Cheryl Couvillion 302.739.5291 OR: Carole Bono 503.540.1030
ID: Jennifer Gelband 208.334.2600 PA: Elizabeth Stackhouse
717.986.4667
IN: Andrew Reed 317.264.4829 RI: Ray Perry 401.463.6500
IA: Mary Neubauer 725.281.7906 SC: Tara Robertson 803.737.2002
KS: Sally Lunsford 785.296.5700 SD: Mike Mueller 605.773.5770
KY: Chip Polston 502.560.1675 TN: Kym Gerlock 615.604.2827(C)
LA: Kimberly Chopin 225.297.2000 VT: Gweneth Dean 802.476.0103
ME: Rich Sperlazzi 207.287.6750 VI: Paul Flemming 340.778.6360
MN: Debbie Hoffmann 651.635.8226 WI: Jessica Iverson
608.267.4822
MO: Gary Gonder 573.526.7478 WV: Libby White 304.558.0552
MT: Jo Berg 406.444.5836

Source: Multi-State Lottery Association

CONTACT: Doug Orr, of Multi-State Lottery Association, +1-515-453-1404

Web site: http://www.powerball.com/

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