Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing thejackpot will grow to an estimated $20 million!

The cash option for the Wednesday, July 9th drawing will be an estimated$9.8 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday night were 1, 24, 34, 47, 48 and the Powerballwas 18. The Power Play multiplier was 5.

Other prizes won Saturday evening included eleven tickets that matched 4white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Two additional tickets atthis prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option andmultiplied winnings 5 times to $50,000 cash!

A total of 83,542 winning Powerball tickets multiplied their prizes by 5Saturday. Players were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play optionfor one dollar. With Power Play you multiply your Powerball winnings from 2to 5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing awheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.

Players should carefully check their tickets after every draw. Even ifthere are no jackpot winners there are always tens of thousands of winnersat other prize levels.

Players purchased $17,171,066 in Powerball and Power Play tickets betweenThursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold more than $2.65 billion in Powerball tickets in FY07.That translates into more than $768 million for worthwhile state projects.

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

For more information on Powerball, please visit our website atwww.powerball.com

Contact:Doug Orr515.453.1404Multi-State Lottery Association