Powerball jackpot reaches $1.7 billion
You are in luck if you forgot to buy your ticket to win over a billion dollars from the multi-state Powerball drawing. No one had all six numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, causing it to rollover to $1.7 billion. At $1.7 billion, Saturday’s jackpot is the third largest in lottery history. The top lottery prize came in 2022 when a California man won a $2.2 billion jackpot. A different California man won a $1.765 billion jackpot in 2023, the second-highest of all time. If someone matches all of the numbers on Saturday, it will be the first time since May 31st that someone has won the full Powerball jackpot, which is played in 45 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
