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Powerball Jackpot Soars to $600M for Saturday drawing
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday's lottery, you could score $600 million, or a $376.9 million one-time payout.
Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18 drawing is now $600 million.
That's quite a bit more than the $1 million winning lottery ticket sold in Rice County in 2012 and still a somewhat higher prize than the $229 million jackpot won in a Lakeville SuperAmerica in 2011.
The one-time cash payout of Saturday's drawing is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Wisconsin and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. You can buy tickets until 9 p.m. CST for the 9:59 p.m. drawing. Buy tickets online here, or search for a local retailer.
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The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri.
Wonder what happens to other folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s collection of lottery winners’ stories.
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