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No Powerball Winners — Jackpot Grows to $253 Million
Saturday's drawing grows even bigger.
With no one winning the jackpot in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grows even larger on Saturday.
The estimated winnings will now be $253 million, or $170.5 million in a bulk payout.
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Even though there wasn't a jackpot winner, there were still a lot of S.C. prizes to hand out Wednesday. Here's a breakdown of winners in the Palmetto state, according to the S.C. Education Lottery.
August 8, 2012 Prize Winners w/out PowerPlay Winners w/ PowerPlay Total Winners Jackpot (Match 5 + Powerball) Jackpot 0 -- 0 Match 5 $1,000,000 0 0 0 Match 4 + Powerball $10,000 4 1 5 Match 4 $100 53 27 80 Match 3 + Powerball $100 53 24 77 Match 3 $7 1,674 1,099 2,773 Match 2 + Powerball $7 667 456 1,123 Match 1 + Powerball $4 3,564 2,165 5,729 Match Powerball Only $4 6,812 4,122 10,934 Total Winning Tickets 12,827 7,894 20,721Find out what's happening in Goose Creekfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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