Powerball Jackpot Tops $500 Million

METRO DETROIT, MI — How does half a billion dollars sound? That’s how high the Powerball jackpot has grown after nobody won from Wednesday night’s drawing. The jackpot officially stands at $510 million with a cash option of $324.2 million.

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Aug. 16 were: 9, 15, 43, 60, 64 and a Powerball of 4. 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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A total of 44 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that participate in Powerball. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time.

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