Powerball Jackpot Reaches $155 Million - Sunday 30th of July 2006
UNITED STATES – Even though the grand prize was nothit Wednesday evening, Powerball paid off BIG in multiple ways. Two luckytickets won $800,000 each with the Power Play option in North Carolina! Inaddition, five other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ballnumbers in the states of Indiana (1), Minnesota (2), Missouri (1), andOklahoma (1).
The jackpot for the Saturday, July 29th drawing will be $155 millionwith the cash option at $70.7 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 5, 10, 17, 24, 43, and thePowerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
Forty-six tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won$10,000. Nine additional players of that prize level wisely purchased thePower Play and had their prize multiplied by 4 for a $40,000 cash win! Atotal of 746,524 players across the nation won more than $8.7 million inprizes playing America's favorite game.
More than 122,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play optionfor $1. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2-5times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel isspun to select that night's multiplier.
Players should carefully check their tickets after every draw. Even ifthere are no jackpot winners there are always tens of thousands of winnersat other prize levels.
Players purchased more than $31.2 million in tickets between Sunday andWednesday night.
The lotteries sold $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year2006. That translates into over $800 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and theU.S. Virgin Islands.
Other news from around the same time
Mega Millions Jackpot Rises - Sunday 30th of July 2006
UNITED STATES – Even though there was no jackpotwinner in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, a lo....
Meskwaki Tribe to Celebrate $110 Million Casino Expansion - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
IOWA – As reported by the Iowa Times-Republican: "Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel officials will fina....
Dome Leads U.K. Shortlist - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
ENGLAND – As reported by the ITV News: "The Millennium Dome is the front-runner in a shortlist of....
Las Vegas Sands Spends Billions on Macau Project - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
MACAU – As reported by the Financial Times: "The size of the investment, double the figure report....
Irish Finance Minister Led Cabinet Calls for Justice Minister to Scrap Casinos Ban - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
DUBLIN, Ireland As reported by the Sunday Business Post: "Minister for Finance Brian Cowen was at ....
Trump Plaza Names New VP - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Trump EntertainmentResorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of....
Mega Millions Jackpot Grows - Tuesday 25th of July 2006
UNITED STATES – July is heating up and so isMega Millions. Friday's Mega Millions drawing produ....
PaddyPowerPoker Sends Players to WSOP - Monday 24th of July 2006
DUBLIN, Ireland – Paddy Power Poker is sending 16 poker players to Las Vegas over the coming d....
Canadians Sent to WSOP - Monday 24th of July 2006
LIMASSOL, Cyprus – A record 13 players from Canada have won TigerGaming.com and PokerInCanada.c....
"Hyperborean" Wins Poker Bot Competition - Monday 24th of July 2006
BOSTON The University of Alberta's "Hyperborean" was the best poker playing computer program at th....
