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Friday, May 17, 2013

UPDATE: Saturday's Powerball Jackpot Now Stands at $600 Million

The jackpot is the largest in the game’s history.

Want to try your luck at Powerball? You only need one $2 lottery ticket to play. The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, or a $376.9 million cash prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing after none of the tickets sold Wednesday matched the winning numbers. The multi-state mega-lottery had rolled to a $475 million value after Wednesday's drawing, but increased by $75 million Thursday afternoon as a result of strong ticket sales. The $600 million jackpot is the largest jackpot in the game’s history. The largest was won last Nov. 28, 2012, when a $587.5 million jackpot was shared by two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri. Tickets for the next Powerball drawing will be available until 9:59 p.m. Saturday evening.  Your odds of …

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $550 Million

Get your tickets to cash in on the largest Powerball jackpot in history.

UPDATE: The Powerball Wednesday was boosted to $550 million, the largest jackpot in its history.   If you can manage to get to local stores to buy a Powerball ticket by 9:59 p.m. Wednesday, you could be millions of dollars richer. The estimated Powerball jackpot was boosted to $500 million today, after previously sitting at $425 million, according to the Powerball website. Lottery officials have described this as the largest jackpot in its history with an estimated cash payout of $327.4 million. The previous top windfall of $365 million was claimed by eight co-workers in Lincoln, NE, in 2006. Powerball numbers on Saturday claimed more than 2 million winners on the Nov. 24 drawing, but no jackpot winners were among the 42 participating …

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