Powerball Jackpot Nears $150 Million

METRO DETROIT, MI — With fall nearly here and the holidays just around the corner, wouldn’t be nice to have a few extra shopping dollars? How about $132 million extra shopping dollars? That’s what one lucky Powerball player will have a shot at for Saturday’s drawing.

Nobody matched the winning numbers on Wednesday — the jackpot’s sixth straight rollover. The winning numbers were: 17, 24, 35, 57, 63 with a Powerball of 19. The jackpot is, indeed, $132 million for Saturday’s drawing with a cash option of $85.1 million.

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The Mega Millions jackpot continued to grow after Tuesday’s drawing, too. It now stands at $86 million for Tuesday’s drawing with a cash option of $54 million. Tuesday’s Mega Millions numbers were 26, 37, 41, 54, 65 and gold ball of 3.

Each Powerball ticket costs $2. Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets here. The Powerball game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338.

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