Three other tickets - sold in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas - matched all five white balls and won $2 million prizes by including Power Play, a feature that allows a winner to multiply the original amount of non-jackpot prizes for an additional $1 per play, according to Powerball. In Wednesday's Powerball drawing, seven tickets - two purchased in California, one in Colorado, one in New York, one in Pennsylvania and two in Texas - matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes. That would be nice,” Aldren Diaz, a Providence, Rhode Island, resident told ABC News affiliate station WLNE as he bought Powerball tickets Wednesday morning. "The thing I would like to do is help people, help my family, and leave a legacy behind. lottery jackpot ever, according to a press release from Powerball. Wednesday night's winning Powerball numbers were drawn for the third largest purse in the American lottery game's history. The grand prize, which had an estimated lump sum payout of $551.7 million, continued its ascent through billion dollar territory after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Monday night, Powerball said. The winning numbers drawn for Wednesday's jackpot were: 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and red Powerball 1. But, no one managed to clinch the prize, pushing the new Powerball estimated total to $1.4 billion in Saturday's drawing. The Powerball frenzy was in full swing Wednesday as potential billionaires were lining up at kiosks across the nation with dreams of winning the $1.2 billion jackpot up for grabs.
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