Powerball Lottery Jackpot Expands To $230 Million

Powerball is starting to approach jackpot numbers to amounts that Mega Millions put up last month. The Mega Millions had not been hit since January 1st of this year when it finally was hit in late February.

Powerball is now seeing the same kind of action. The new drawing, set for March 12th will be worth $230 million for a lucky winner, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery website.

That number seems inflated when taking into account that the jackpot starts at $15 million. It then grows for every drawing that there are no winners. The higher the amount gets, the quicker it climbs.

People that do not usually play the lottery get involved when the jackpot grows. It is almost as if winning $15 million is below their standards. In any event, the figure will approach $300 million should nobody win the March Wednesday drawing.

Three lucky gamblers did win a piece of the prize in the most recent drawing. They matched five of the numbers that were drawn and claimed $200,000 each.

March 9, 2008
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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