FOR Immediate Release:
Thursday, March 6, 2008
CONTACT:
Mike Mueller, 773-5770
$200,000
Powerball Prize Won in South Dakota
(Pierre) – A
Powerball ticket sold in Rapid City is worth $200,000 after Wednesday
night’s drawing. The lucky ticket matched the five white balls, but not
the red Powerball, to win the prize.
While the
ticket missed the $175 million jackpot, it still beat the 1:3,563,609
odds to win the game’s second prize.
The winning
Powerball numbers for the Wednesday, March 5, 2008 drawing were: 10, 15,
16, 23, 31 and the Powerball was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 3.
Because no
one matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing, the estimated
jackpot for the next drawing on Saturday night grows to $200 million.
Lottery
director Norm Lingle said the ticket holder should sign the back of the
ticket immediately, put it in a safe place, and contact the Lottery
office in Rapid City (605-394-5106) or Pierre (605-773-5770) to make
arrangements to validate the ticket and claim the prize.
The winner
has 180 days to claim the prize.
Powerball is
played in 29 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1:146,107,962.
