Powerball jackpot expected to grow to $400 million Wednesday

More than $450 million is up for grabs in the first jackpot drawings of 2016.

Time to buy a ticket and say a prayer – the Powerball bonanza for Wednesday’s drawing is worth roughly $400 million. The next drawing is Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7:29 p.m. with a jackpot of $3.8 million.

The prize pool of $334 million is the 12-largest in Powerball history.

One or more lucky Powerball ticket holders might be in for a sweet ’16.

Because big jackpots like this one bring out lottery ticket buyers who might only play occasionally, we thought we’d give you some of the basics of buying tickets in MI.

Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Although her partner of 36 years wanted to continue to work, the Powerball victor said he was “crazy” since “we don’t have to work anymore”.

That was a $399.4 million prize won in 2013 by someone from SC.

New Powerball rules – mainly enlarging the matrix for drawing the six balls – went into effect in October, with the changes meant to produce bigger jackpots.