(Powerball) One lucky ticket in Pennsylvania matched all 6 numbers Saturday evening
and walked away with the $86.3 million jackpot. The holder of the winning
ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity,
or take the one time cash “lump sum” amount of $42,529,765.
There were a total of 532,963 additional winning tickets in America’s Game Saturday
evening. Those tickets won prizes totaling $6,374,695.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 2, 5, 28, 33, 54 and the Powerball was 30. The Power
Play multiplier was 5.
Three tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets
were sold in Kentucky (1) Tennessee (1), and West Virginia (1). One additional
ticket in Nebraska not only matched the 5 white numbers but also wisely purchased
the $1 Power Play option for a whopping $1 million cash win!
Twenty-four 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 for a total win of $50,000!
A total of 98,850 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 5 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 $21,626,818 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday
and Saturday night.
The jackpot for Wednesday, August 6th will be $15 million.
The lotteries sold over $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY08. That translates
into approximately $743 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
For more information on Powerball, please visit our website at www.nmlottery.com.