Lottery News and Stories
$84.9 Million Powerball Jackpot Won!
Thursday, July 03, 2008 posted 10:58 AM EDT
POWERBALL--(Marketwire - July 3, 2008) - One lucky ticket in Oklahoma matched all 6 numbers Wednesday evening and walked
away with the $84.9 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 $41,305,108.
There were a total of 507,964 additional winning tickets in America's Game Wednesday evening. Those tickets won prizes totaling
$4,707,249.
The numbers drawn were 4, 33, 46, 48, 52 and the Powerball was 17. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Two tickets correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in Louisiana (1) and Oregon (1).
Twenty-four tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Three 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 Wednesday 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 Sunday and Wednesday night.
The jackpot for Saturday, July 5th will be $15 million.
The lotteries sold over $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY08. That translates into approximately $754 million for worthwhile
state projects.
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