Saturday’s Powerball winning numbers are 32-16-19-57-34 and the Powerball number is 13.
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The ticket numbers matched the first five drawn Saturday night but didn’t match the Powerball number.
At an estimated $1.3 billion for Wednesday’s drawing, the jackpot would be the largest ever anywhere on Earth – and hard to resist, even for those who rarely play, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan.
The current cash payout is $868 million.
The drawing for this one is 9:59 p.m. CST Wednesday, and the jackpot could grow before then.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery tickets from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million.
The prize was already the world’s largest before lottery officials increased it Monday.
Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend?
In Omaha, Les Wheeler said he probably overdid it by buying $30 worth of tickets for Saturday’s drawing with a few friends, but they plan to do the same for this next jackpot.
“You may see yourself as getting closer to the pot (but) you actually are not”, said CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson.
McIntyre assured players in a news release Sunday not to be confused by NH Lottery signs advertising the next jackpot at $999 million.
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Wait six months before making any major decisions: “It’s all too easy to blow through those millions”, von Tobel said. “There are many pros and cons to weigh: including estate taxes, how much money you’ll ultimately make, whether you’ll be able to handle it all at once, etc”. “In fact, according to a 2015 study by the Camelot Group, 44 percent of winners spend their entire winnings within five years”.
