Powerball moves up to $27 million jackpot

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $27 million for Saturday night's drawing.

The cash option for the Saturday, November 11th drawing will be an estimated $12.9 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 8, 11, 12, 26, 53 and the Powerball was 4. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Two lucky tickets in Missouri (1), and New Hampshire (1) correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000.

Twenty-five tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Four additional winners of that prize category also had the Power Play option that multiplied the win 4 times for a total of $40,000!

A total of 85,334 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 Wednesday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply any winnings from 2-5 times, except for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.

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

Players purchased more than $16.6 million in tickets between Sunday and Wednesday night.

The lotteries sold over $2.8 billion in Powerball tickets in fiscal year 2006. That translates into approximately $800 million for worthwhile state projects.

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