No Winner, Powerball Jackpot Skyrockets To $290M
POSTED: 4:10 am HST October 13, 2005
UPDATED: 4:18 am HST October 13, 2005
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Once again, there was no big winner in the Powerball lottery and the prize for Saturday night's drawing skyrockets to an estimated $290 million. Wednesday night's numbers were 4-9-18-51 and 54, with a Powerball number of 10. If somebody had gotten them all, they would have won a $247 million jackpot. Because nobody did, the pot rolls over to Saturday night. Officials of the Iowa-based multi-state lottery said 14 tickets did match the first five numbers.Each of them is worth $200,000.Powerball is played in 27 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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