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Powerball
lottery
reaches
$290
million
October 13
Any online gambling or casino player will want a piece of this lottery action - if they can get their hands on it that is. America's well-known Powerball lottery is on a roll again. Because no one matched all of the numbers in the drawing yesterday, the jackpot is still growing.
S till, over 1,751,000 players did win lesser money prizes. Those winners combined raked in more than $16.6 million.
Notably, n obody had a ticket correctly matching all 6 numbers in the October 12 drawing. Now, the jackpot will reach about $290 million for Saturday's drawing on October 15.
If you are in one of the 27 US states that plays this lottery and you win this coming Saturday's drawing you stand to get a cash option of approximately $141.9 million. This should be a big enough incentive to get you to stop online gambling long enough to run up to the store and get your ticket.
Yesterday's drawing posted the following numbers: 4 - 9 -18 - 51 - 54 and the Powerball was 10. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Fourteen players matched all 5 white balls and won $200,000 each. One player that won $200,000 purchased the Power Play option multiplying their windfall 5 times for a total of $1 million cash.
91 people even matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Out of the 91 players that one at the ten thousand dollar level, 15 of them purchased the Power Play option and had their money multiplied by 5 to earn $50,000. Not bad for laying down an extra buck.
O ver 187,000 winners were savvy enough to purchased the extra option.
One of the main reasons this lottery is so popular is because not only does it turn-out major millions, it allows many players to win lesser prizes every drawing.
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