Indiana player wins Powerball's top prize

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Indiana player wins Powerball's top prize

From Herald staff and wire reports
miamiherald
1.19.09

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No one hit the Florida Lotto jackpot Saturday night, but an Indiana Powerball player matched all six numbers in the multistate game to walk away with its $163.2 million top prize.

Saturday's Florida Lotto numbers were 6, 20, 25, 31, 32 and 45.

With no winner, the jackpot will grow to $15 million for Wednesday's drawing, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.

Saturday's Powerball numbers were 2, 5, 9, 23 and 59, and the Powerball was 26.

That game's jackpot will return to its base amount of $20 million on Wednesday.

Powerball tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and there were two of those, sold in South Dakota and Tennessee. The Power Play option, which players get if they pay $2 for a ticket, doubled the winnings of those who won the smaller prizes. Neither of the $200,000 winners was a Power Play ticket.

More than 136,000 Florida Powerball players won prizes, including 10 who matched four numbers plus the Powerball, each winning $10,000, the Florida Lottery said. It did not say where those tickets were sold.

Meanwhile, six tickets, including two sold in Miami-Dade, matched all five numbers in Florida's Fantasy 5 lottery.

Each ticket is worth $42,021.32 each, the lottery said.

Saturday's Fantasy 5 numbers were 1, 3, 8, 10 and 23. The Miami-Dade winners were Quick Pick tickets sold at the Food Spot, 7301 Miami Lakes Dr., and the Mobil gas station at 3201 NW 79th St.

The other winners were sold in Lehigh, Kissimmee, Orlando and Stuart.