The Powerball jackpot has climbed above $400 million for the first time in almost three months.
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In addition to the large POWERBALL jackpot prize, players have the opportunity to win lower-tier prizes from $4 to $2 million by matching any of the non-jackpot-winning combinations.
Powerball is offered in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
In January 2016 the jackpot hit more than $1 billion.
Worldwide interest in American lotteries skyrocketed in 2016 when theLotter players from Canada, El Salvador and Australia won millions through the service. theLotter’s agents had bought the winners’ Powerball tickets in the United States and scanned them to their online accounts.
The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is now $403,000,000.
That means the top prize for tonight’s Powerball has swelled to 403 million dollars.
The Power Play option costs $1 and must be selected when you buy your Powerball ticket. As for the USA, here’s a look at the 10 previous highest jackpots and where the winners were from: 1.
A New Jersey ticket also won $1 million.
Tickets will be sold until 9:59 p.m. Wednesday, with the drawing happening one hour later. $587.5 million, Powerball, Nov. 28, 2012 (two tickets from Arizona and Missouri) 6. That was split three ways between winners in Tennessee, Florida, and California.
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Powerball tickets are $2. An estimated one in 292 million. Wednesday’s drawing is the 21st since that jackpot. In Wednesday’s case, the lump sum payment after taxes is almost 244 million dollars.
