Dover DE -- The POWERBALLjackpot is worth a record $340 million for the WednesdayOctober 19 drawing. The record-breaking jackpot will enablethe Match 5 Bonus rule where match five winners--players whoonly match all five white balls--will have a chance of winningan additional prize amount when the jackpot is won. Currentlythe prize for matching all five white balls (not the red POWERBALL)is $200000. Now that the jackpot has surpassed the recordand each time the jackpot reaches a new record level jackpotswill begin increasing by $25 million dollars and excess prizedollars will go into the Match 5 Bonus pool. When the jackpotis hit the pool will be evenly divided among match five winnersin addition to the $200000 prize. The Match 5 Bonus prizeis not multiplied by Power Play. For details on the Match5 Bonus prize please visit the Web site of the Multi-StateLottery Association at http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_prizes.asp
The current run of this POWERBALL run began August 13thand is presently valued at $340 million. This jackpot is thefourth largest in the history of POWERBALL and only thesecond jackpot awarded this calendar year over $100 millionif it is won on Wednesday. Delaware has had seven POWERBALLjackpot winners and 219 $100000 winners that have claimedprizes for a combined total of over $409.9 million.
The previous record jackpot for POWERBALL is $314 millionfor the December 24 2002 drawing.
Since the start of operations in 1975 the Delaware Lotteryhas contributed more than $2.1 billion to the states GeneralFund to help finance needed state services that benefit everyonein Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALLMULTI-WIN LOTTO PLAY 3 PLAY 4 and assorted Instant Games.