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Powerball Jackpot Soars to Record $600M for Saturday Drawing
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday's lottery, you could score $600 million, the largest Powerball jackpot ever.
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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, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot.
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The one-time cash payout is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in South Carolina and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. You can buy tickets until 10 p.m. EST for the 10:59 p.m. drawing.
Until Saturday, the largest Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri.
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Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s collection of lottery winners’ stories.
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