Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $186 Million

Sunday, August 09, 2009 posted 11:08 AM EDT

(Powerball) The jackpot in America’s favorite lottery game continues to grow exciting players all over the country.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $186 million!

The cash option for the Wednesday, August 12th drawing will be an estimated $91.5 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday night were 4-33-37-45-50 and the Powerball was 11. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

There were 1,007,385 tickets across the nation that won a total of $7,353,075 in prizes.

There were two tickets sold in Florida (2) that correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers and won $200,000 cash.

Other prizes won Saturday evening included thirty-two tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Five additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash!

A total of 174,594 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 4 Saturday. Players were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2 to 5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing an animated spinner presents 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 $39,752,856 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold more than $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY09. That translates into more than $743 million for worthwhile state projects.

Powerball is now played in 30 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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