Someone could win $301 million tonight in big Powerball jackpot

The draw produced a total of 353,077 winning players that shared prizes worth a combined total of $22,206,893.50.

The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after repeated drawings with no jackpot victor.

New Jersey had a Powerball victor in March when two couples from Dumont that named themselves the “Rocklin Four” shared a $40 million jackpot.

More players participate the bigger the jackpot.

There’s plenty of excitement around Lotto’s last Big Wednesday draw.

Changes are coming to the Powerball game, with better overall odds and a chance to multiply winnings up to 10 times starting next Wednesday. Lottery officials acknowledge the opportunity for the first billion dollar jackpot in the U.S.

Pedro Quezada from Passaic won a $338 million jackpot in March, 2013 and ran into legal difficulties. That’s still shy of the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn in March, 2012.

The winning numbers are 8-21-30-61-62 Mega Ball 9 Megaplier 3x.