Thursday, August 20, 2009

1 ticket wins Powerball’s $260 million

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Sizzling tickets sales sent the jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million - up $15 million since Saturday - and then one ticket won last night.

Sorry - unless you bought yours in South Carolina.

Now the biggest jackpot around is the $207 million up for grabs in tomorrow's Mega Millions lottery, played in New Jersey and 11 other states.

Powerball's top prize is back to $20 million for Saturday's drawing.

In last night's drawing, two Pennsylvania tickets did win $200,000 each for having the first five numbers - 14, 24, 31, 43 and 51 - but not the Powerball of 27. Eleven other players won the same amount: three in Wisconsin, two each in Arizona and Florida, and one apiece in Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina and West Virginia.

Four more tickets won $1 million for having the first five numbers, plus the Power Play multiplier option. Two were bought in Indiana, one each in Iowa and Indiana.

Powerball is played in 30 states, including Delaware.

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