$700 Million Powerball Jackpot Drawing Expected Saturday

Editor’s note: The estimated jackpot has increased since this article was first published. The numbers below have been update.

The bad news is that you didn’t win the the Powerball jackpot Wednesday night; the good news is that neither did anyone else.

The winning numbers were: 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the Powerball of 17. According to Massachusetts Lottery officials, a $1 million winning ticket was sold in Plymouth, but the jackpot went unclaimed.

That means Saturday’s jackpot will be an estimated $700 million, the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The cash payout option is estimated at $428.4 million. The Powerball jackpot was last struck on Nov. 4, 2015; since then the jackpot has been growing through 18 consecutive drawings.

The previous largest lottery jackpot in the U.S. was a Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million in 2012.

Powerball is played by residents in 44 states as well as Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Tickets are $2 and can be purchase until 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. Saturday.

In Chelmsford, lottery tickets can be purchased at:

• Chelmsford Gas & Market (81 Tyngsborough Road)
• Glenview Pub and Grill (248 Princeton St.)
• Hannaford (Drum Hill Road)
• Drum Hill Liquor Market (Drum Hill Road)
• Rosie’s Town Store (272 Old Westford Road)
• Cask and Bottle (313 Littleton Road)
• New World Gas (269-273 Littleton Road)
• Kate’s Corner (321 Acton Road)
• Wine Rack (210 Boston Road)
• Tedeschi (210 (Boston Road)
• Corner Cupboard (149 Gorham St.)
• Stop & Shop (299 Chelmsford St.)
• Market Basket (288 Chelmsford St.)
• Westland Wine (229 Chelmsford St.)
• Chelmsford Shell (189 Chelmsford St.)
• Chelmsford Mobile Mart (95 Chelmsford St.)
• Sunoco Food Mart (80 Chelmsford St.)
• Brickhouse Center Sports (1 Central Square)
• R and H Gas & Convenience (7 Acton Road)
• Harrington Wine (10 Summer St.)