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Record Powerball jackpot irresistible for many Americans

The Powerball is set to be drawn again Saturday night at 10:59 p.m. EST.

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The lucky victor will take home an estimated $558 million if they choose a lump-sum cash prize, lottery officials said.

For last Wednesday’s drawing, several tickets were sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, including one in California. It just might be you!

If she wins, she’ll make sure that each of her four children get a house and a vehicle, but she won’t stop working because money is hard to come by and she’s worked for everything she has, Dooley said, taking a quick break from restocking sodas.

Richard Lustig, a lottery expert, explained that if you are a regular player with your own numbers then your best bet is to stick to the same sequence every time you play.

The drawing will be held Saturday night, but before that time the organizers expect to rake in another $400 million nationwide during the daylight hours.

The likelihood of someone winning $900 million in the Powerball lottery tonight is very slim.

The time to find out if you’re going to be an almost-billionaire is upon us!

“At this level of sales, we will have thousands of winners in NY at various prize levels”, Gurney said.

Tracey Cohen, interim executive director of the D.C. Lottery, told ABC News that a signed ticket with two forms of matching identification is what is required to get the payout in D.C.

According to the Minnesota Lottery, Powerball tickets were selling at $86-hundred dollars per minute.

It’s been growing since the last Powerball jackpot victor on November 4 and is still climbing. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.

A surge of ticket-buyers has kept him busy since mid-week – to the tune of about 500 tickets per day. The $900 million figure is for an annuity paid out over 30 years.

The longer-term payout is a larger sum because it includes the interest that accumulates from the prize money that is invested over the 29-year period.

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Millions of lotto players across the nation, in the U.S. Virgin islands and Puerto Rico are hoping they can hit it big tonight with the Powerball jackpot.

Samir Akhter the owner of Penn Branch Liquor exchanges money for Powerball tickets Saturday Jan. 9 2016 in Washington. Officials say it's increasingly likely that someone will win the $900 million Powerball jackpot which grew by $100 million just