MEGA MILLIONS, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The excitement is growing in Mega Millions. So is the number of winners. A total of 596,939 tickets in ten states won prizes in Friday's Mega Millions drawing. Each of those tickets matched one of eight different Mega Millions prize levels. But no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $87 million jackpot. So the jackpot for the Tuesday, September 23, 2003 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $102 million.

Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 13-14-24-34-47 and the Gold Mega Ball number was 13.

Eleven tickets came close to winning the jackpot. They matched the first five numbers and only missed the Gold Mega Ball number. Those tickets each win Mega Millions' second prize of $175,000. Those winning tickets were sold in New Jersey (1), Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Michigan (2), New York (4), and Ohio (1).

Mega Millions players won a total of $4,857,758 in Friday's drawing. Here is the breakdown:

    Number of Tickets                Matched                Winning

       11 tickets           matched first 5 numbers        for $175,000
       46 tickets      matched 4 numbers + The Mega Ball   for $5,000
      2,033 tickets             matched 4 numbers          for $150
      2,095 tickets     matched 3 numbers + The Mega Ball  for $150
     30,894 tickets     matched 2 numbers + The Mega Ball  for $10
     95,687 tickets             matched 3 numbers          for $7
    172,463 tickets     matched 1 number + The Mega Ball   for $3
     293,710 tickets           matched The Mega Ball        for $2

Mega Millions is played in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Washington State. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 PM eastern time, 10:00 PM central time and 8:00 PM pacific time.

For more information on Mega Millions please go to: www.megamillions.com.

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $50 Million

POWERBALL, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 367,039 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes in America's Game.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $50 million.

The cash option for the Wednesday, September 24 drawing will be an estimated $26.5 million.

The numbers drawn were: 11, 13, 28, 31, 33, and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 4.

Six players correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $100,000. The tickets were sold in Indiana, Louisiana (2), Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. The winning players from Pennsylvania and South Carolina purchased the Power Play option. By spending the extra dollar those players multiplied their prize by 4 for a total win of $400,000.

Twenty-eight players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Three of those players purchased the Power Play option, giving them a total win of $20,000.

More than 47,000 winning Powerball players multiplied their prize by 4 Saturday. They were able to do that by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, 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 15 million tickets between Thursday and Saturday night.

The lotteries sold $1.6 billion in Powerball tickets in 2002. That translates into more than $480 million for worthwhile state projects.

Powerball is now played in 24 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

For more information on Powerball, including video of the drawings, please visit our website at www.powerball.com

Contact: Joe Mahoney
Multi-State Lottery Association
515-453-1405

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- No tickets matched all six numbers in the latest WinFall drawing, raising Wednesday's jackpot to $2.6 million, the Michigan Lottery says.

Saturday's $2.5 million jackpot rolled over after no tickets matched all the winning numbers 14, 23, 34, 40, 43, 44.

Twelve tickets matched five of six numbers to win $2,500 each, 542 tickets matched four numbers to win $100 each, and 9,435 tickets matched three numbers to win $5 each.

Here are winning lottery numbers selected Friday:

Indiana -- Daily Three-Midday: 0-1-2; Daily Three-Evening: 3-9-2; Daily Four-Midday: 7-2-0-0; Daily Four-Evening: 4-7-1-2; Lucky Five-Midday: 1-3-5-11-33; Lucky Five-Evening: 11-14-16-18-23.

Here are other winning lottery numbers selected Friday:

Illinois -- Pick Three-Midday: 9-8-7; Pick Three-Evening: 4-6-0; Pick Four-Midday: 8-1-1-1; Pick Four-Evening: 0-6-9-9; Little Lotto: 13-15-21-25-29; Mega Millions: 13-14-24-34-47, Mega Ball: 13.

Kentucky -- Pick Three-Midday: 7-2-0; Pick Four-Midday: 6-6-9-3; Pick Three-Evening: 6-8-3; Pick Four-Evening: 5-7-0-5; Cash Ball: 6-15-21-32, Cash Ball: 31.

Michigan -- Midday Daily: 7-7-1; Midday Daily Four: 7-1-3-8; Daily: 3-9-4; Daily Four: 6-3-7-1; Rolldown: 8-11-19-21-29; Keno: 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 31, 34, 38, 51, 53, 55, 56, 62, 64, 65, 71, 79; Change Play: P-P-0-6-3-7, T-F-0-3-4-8, S-M-4-0-2-9, E-X-4-0-9-4, B-J-0-6-3-8, L-Y-3-9-3-0.

Ohio -- Midday Pick Three: 8-0-5; Midday Pick Four: 5-4-1-0; Pick Three: 8-9-2; Pick Four: 6-3-8-5; Buckeye Five: 11-12-13-26-34.

Here are winning lottery numbers selected Thursday:

Indiana -- Daily Three-Midday: 5-6-4; Daily Three-Evening: 2-2-4; Daily Four-Midday: 6-3-0-3; Daily Four-Evening: 6-5-1-8; Lucky Five-Midday: 10-18-24-28-32; Lucky Five-Evening: 9-12-14-17-29.

Hoosier Lotto -- There was no jackpot winner in Wednesday's drawing, sending the estimated jackpot for tonight to $18 million.

Powerball -- There was no jackpot winner in Wednesday's drawing, sending the estimated jackpot for tonight to $43 million.

Illinois -- Pick Three-Midday: 7-6-1; Pick Three-Evening: 6-0-5; Pick Four-Midday: 2-0-0-2; Pick Four-Evening: 3-0-2-8; Little Lotto: 12-17-20-24-28.

Kentucky -- Pick Three-Midday: 9-0-4; Pick Four-Midday: 3-3-3-8; Pick Three-Evening: 0-5-4; Pick Four-Evening: 5-9-5-9; Cash Ball: 3-4-9-32, Cash Ball: 26.

Michigan -- Midday Daily: 0-9-2; Midday Daily Four: 8-9-5-8; Daily: 5-2-5; Daily Four: 9-7-8-8; Rolldown: 5-8-15-21-30; Keno: 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 33, 34, 37, 40, 45, 48, 49, 51, 54, 63, 66, 74, 77, 80; Change Play: X-T-5-5-7-8, H-E-1-0-7-9, R-S-1-4-5-5, W-Q-4-5-8-5, S-H-7-9-1-5, P-D-6-9-0-9.

Ohio -- Midday Pick Three: 8-8-9; Midday Pick Four: 0-3-0-1; Pick Three: 5-8-4; Pick Four: 6-7-7-9; Buckeye Five: 2-3-32-35-36.

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