Powerball jackpot soars to $800M for Saturday night

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Winning a huge lottery jackpot is a dream for many, even though the odds are long, there's always a chance.

This Saturday's Powerball jackpot has a grand prize of $800 million.

If a potential winner takes the cash option, its worth approximately $383.7 million.

It's the second largest Powerball jackpot ever and the fifth-largest overall lottery prize in history.

HERE ARE WEDNESDAY'S WINNING NUMBERS IN THE $715.1M POWERBALL DRAWING

FILE – A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Northbrook, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. No one won an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, meaning the big prize will grow to an estimated $800 mi ((AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) / AP Newsroom)

The payout has reached this level after 36 drawings in row with no grand prize winner.

No one matched all the numbers in Wednesday night's drawing which was worth an estimated $715.1 million. 

The numbers drawn were: 19, 36, 37, 46, 56  with the Powerball of 24. The Powerplay is 2x, according to Powerball.com

There were winners who matched five numbers worth $1 million in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and New York.

A Powerball lottery ticket sits in the machine at the 4 Sons Food Store and Chevron gas station which sold one of two winning Powerball lottery tickets in Fountain Hills, Arizona Nov. 29, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (REUTERS/Joshua Lott / Reuters Photos)

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The Powerball jackpot was previously won on Aug. 3, when a Pennsylvania ticket won a $206.9 million jackpot. 

The Powerball holds the world record for the largest jackpot set in 2016, with $1.586 billion shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

A player holding a Powerball ticket. (iStock)

In August 2021, Powerball added a third weekly drawing to help increase jackpots faster. 

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Powerball is played on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

 

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