Powerball Jackpot Hits $245M

If you’re one of those people who wait to play the lottery until the jackpot gets big, now’s the time to buy your ticket.

Wednesday’s jackpot is up to $245 million, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. No one one big in Saturday night’s drawing when the jackpot was $203 million.

If you want to pick up a ticket, here are some locations to pick up your ticket:

• Exxon Malvern
• Giant
• Harlan Beverage (147 W. King St.)
• Lukoil (201 Morehall Road)
• Sunoco Ultra Service Center/Peace Hope Valley Inc. (141 Morehall Road) 
• Gulf/Pioneer Service Station (562 Lancaster Ave.)
• Malvern Sunoco/Silverlight Ventures (7 Lancaster Ave.)
• Wawa (101 W. King St.)
• Wawa (567 Lancaster Ave.)
• Wawa (5 Matthews Road)
• Wawa (10 Liberty Blvd.)
• Wegmans (50 Foundry Way)

To find other Powerball vendors in the Philadelphia area, plug an address or ZIP code into the Pennsylvania Lottery website's retailer-locator application.

The drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. Wednesday. Ticket sales for that drawing end no later than 10 p.m.; check with your local retailer to find out its cutoff policy.