Saturday marks nine weeks since someone last hit the Powerball jackpot.
In that time, the jackpot has climbed to $349 million with a cash option of $211.3 million. That makes this evening’s 10:59 p.m. drawing the 18th largest in U.S. lottery history.
Saturday’s drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. and airs on WABC-7 in the New York City area and WPVI-6 closer to Philadelphia.
A ticket sold at a Bergen County supermarket was one of five across the country to match five numbers and not the Powerball for Wednesday’s $310 million drawing. Each of those lucky tickets is worth $1 million.
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The jackpot has rolled over 17 times since a Pennsylvania couple won the $121.6 million jackpot on Dec. 17. They claimed their prize at Delaware lottery headquarters on Jan. 13., choosing the cash option worth $72,145,291.83 before taxes.
Powerball tickets cost $2 apiece. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot are 292,201,338 to 1. Players have roughly a 1 in 11,688,053 to win at least $1 million.
The game is played in 44 states, Washington D.C, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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