Powerball Jackpot Moves to $25 Million; One $400,000 Power Play Prize Won!

POWERBALL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/25/08 -- Powerball has reached an estimated $25 million jackpot for Wednesday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening. In addition, one ticket from Delaware won $400,000 cash with the Power Play option!

The jackpot for the Wednesday, May 28th drawing will be $25 million with the cash option at $12.1 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 33, 40, 41, 51, 52, and the Powerball was 6. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

Fourteen tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. One additional player of that prize level wisely purchased the Power Play and had their prize multiplied by 2 for a $20,000 cash win! A total of 413,398 players across the nation won more than $2.7 million in prizes playing America's favorite game.

Over 86,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 2 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for $1. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2-5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select 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 $18,199,097 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold $2.5 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2007. That translates into over $725 million for worthwhile state projects.

Powerball is now played in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Contact: Doug Orr Multi-State Lottery Association 515-453-1404

2008-05-25 09:32:24 0370000 MARKETWIRE