Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries generate larger prizes
Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries generate larger prizes
Powerball and Mega Millions, regarded as the most generous lotteries, unveil this week's winners. Powerball Wednesday's draw was found to make happy one gambler who bought the ticket in Pennsylvania. His numbers matched all six numbers drawn, which were 11, 19, 25, 38, 50, Powerball 35. Power Play: 2.
The lucky player has been reported to win $18.7 million jackpot. Indyastar.com cited associated Press as saying that the prize for Saturday goes to an estimated $10 million.
There was also a ticket matching the first five numbers and missing the Powerball. The player was identified to purchase the winning lottery playslip in Wisconsin. He grabbed $100,000. There were no Power Play Match 5 winners.
Mega Millions on Tuesday, March 15 surprised 324,876 tickets that became winners that day. Five tickets won $175,000 and 23 tickets won $5,000, but no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. Therefore, the jackpot for the Friday, March 18, 2005 drawing will grow to an estimated $36 million. The winning numbers were 14-26-27-34-44 and the Mega Ball Number was 27.
Mega Millions, which provided nearly $2.5 million in cash prizes on Tuesday, is distributed in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington. California is planning to join the Big Jackpot game later this year.
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