WSFA 12 News Montgomery, AL |Powerball pushes past $200M for Saturday's drawing
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ATLANTA – Powerball has moved past $200 million for Saturday's drawing. An estimated $220 million to a single annuity winner now is up for grabs.
Tickets are $1 each per play, and Georgia Lottery winners have a chance to win big just in time for Memorial Day.
The game offers two payment options: the jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments or the cash option, which is approximately $114 million.
Any Georgia Lottery retailer who sells a winning Powerball jackpot ticket can earn the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus payment.
If more than one winning jackpot ticket is sold in Georgia, the retailers selling the winning tickets will share the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned more than $11.7 billion to the state of Georgia for education.
All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's Pre-K Program.
More than 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
Source: Georgia Lottery, www.galottery.com, www.powerball.com.
