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Jackpot for Next Powerball Drawing is Third-Highest Game Prize Ever

Get your ticket for Wednesday's drawing.

Saturday night's $270 million Powerball prize went unclaimed, catapulting the jackpot for selecting the winning numbers in the next drawing on Wednesday to $350 million, the third-highest prize ever for the lottery game.

Powerball tickets for each game are $2 and there’s a 1 in 175.2 million chance that any ticket will win the grand prize. Get your ticket by 10 p.m. Wednesday to play. 

The $350 million Powerball jackpot is the seventh highest annuity prize in U.S. history, and the sixth highest cash payout — $222.8 million — of all-time. The biggest Powerball jackpot ever was won Nov. 28, 2012, a $587.5 million prize split between two tickets. 

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The largest U.S. lottery prize ever won was $656 million in the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012, split among three tickets.

What would you do with $350 million?

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