Lottery News and Stories 
Powerball Jackpot Goes to $30 Million; Three $1 Million Power Play Prizes Won
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 posted 09:47 AM EDT
The jackpot in America’s favorite lottery game is on the way up again. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday
evening, three lucky tickets in Maine (1), New York (1), and Oklahoma (1) matched all 5 white numbers with the Power Play
and won $1 million cash each. This was a result of the Power Play feature that turns any match 5 white ball win with the
Power Play into a 5X multiplier and pushes the prize up to $1 million! Three tickets from Kentucky (1), Texas (1), and Washington
(1) matched 5 white balls and won $200,000 cash each. In addition, 715,240 tickets across the nation won a total of $7,452,707
in prizes.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $30 million!
The cash option for the Wednesday, April 28th drawing will be an estimated $14.3 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday night were 1, 12, 53, 56, 57 and the Powerball was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 2.
Other prizes won Saturday evening included 26 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 2 times
to $20,000 cash!
A total of 138,161 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 2 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 $28,197,221 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.
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