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DATE: Thursday, August 16, 2012
CONTACT: Karie Lowe (785) 296-5744
karie.lowe@kslottery.net
Lucky Kansas Lottery Players Win Big Prizes in Last Night's
Drawings; $1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in Northeast
Kansas!
Although the $337 million Powerball jackpot was hit in Michigan
last night, a lucky Kansas Lottery player is holding a Powerball
ticket worth $1 million! One ticket purchased in northeast
Kansas matched the first five numbers, winning the $1 million Match
5 prize! The winning numbers in last night's Powerball
drawing were 06-27-46-51-56 Powerball 21.
The northeast region of Kansas includes the following
counties: Marshall, Nemaha, Brown, Doniphan,
Riley,Pottawatomie, Jackson, Atchison, Geary, Wabaunsee, Shawnee,
Jefferson,Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Osage, Douglas,
Franklin, Miami, Morris and the northern half of Lyon. The
Powerball jackpot returns to $40 million with a cash option of
$26.7 million for the Saturday,August 18 drawing.
In addition to the $1 million Powerball winning ticket, another
lucky Kansas Lottery player is holding a Hot Lotto ticket worth
$10,000 from last night's drawing. One ticket sold in south
central Kansas matched the first five Hot Lotto numbers, winning
the $10,000 cash prize. The winning Hot Lotto numbers were
05-10-12-23-24 Hot Ball 07.
The south central region of Kansas includes the following
counties: Barton, Rice, McPherson, Marion, Stafford,Reno,
Harvey, Pratt, Kingman, Sedgwick, Butler, Barber, Harper, Sumner
and Cowley. Since no one matched all numbers in the Hot Lotto
drawing, the jackpot climbed to $1.25 million with a cash option if
$970,000 for Saturday night's drawing.
No one matched all numbers in the Super Kansas Cash jackpot in
last night's drawing. However, two tickets matched the first
five Super Kansas Cash numbers, each winning $2,000! One
ticket was sold in northeast Kansas and one in south central
Kansas. The winning Super Kansas Cash numbers were
08-09-10-11-29 Cash Ball 06. The Super Kansas Cash jackpot
climbed to $1,085,000 for Saturday night's drawing. Super Kansas
Cash is a Kansas-only game with jackpots paid in one lump.