The Powerball is approaching a whopping billion-dollar payout.
The jackpot has climbed to an estimated $960 million forward of Saturday evening’s drawing. That can be the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot ever and the ninth-largest lottery jackpot when factoring in Mega Millions high prizes.
This is the second-largest Powerball jackpot this 12 months, after a ticket in California gained the $1.08 billion jackpot on July 19. The winner has not but come ahead.
Since that drawing, there have been 30 consecutive Powerball drawings with no grand prize winner.
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The jackpot has an estimated money worth of $441.4 million. Winners can select to take the money as an instantaneous lump sum cost or in 30 funds over 29 years.
The odds of successful a prize are 1 in 24.9, whereas the jackpot odds are 1 in 292.2 million, in response to Powerball.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The subsequent drawing is on Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
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