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It may cross the $1 billion threshold on Saturday, he said. That means the Powerball winning numbers will carry a $558 million cash value.

Lottery officials said there is still a chance tonight’s jackpot could be revised upward from $900 million.

A $2 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance at joining the hall of Powerball champions.

“It’s not like players ever had a great shot at winning a jackpot, but by lengthening the odds, you take odds that were really, really small before, and now they’re almost twice as small as they were before”.

The prize, which rises with every drawing that produces a winning series of six numbers held by no ticket buyer, ranks as the largest jackpot for any lottery in North American history.

Lottery officials said more than $400 million in tickets will be sold on Saturday alone, and 75% of all possible combinations will be bought before drawing meaning there will likely be a victor Saturday night.

Winning Powerball numbers drawn for $900-million jackpot – The winning numbers in Saturday’s record-setting Powerball drawing are: 32, 16, 19, 57, 34 and 13 is the Powerball number.

If no player hit all six numbers, the payout to Wednesday’s drawing is expect to hit $1.3 billion, Traverso said.

“A lot of people are buying Pick 3 and Powerball tickets”, Patel said.

A woman purchases a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Washington, DC, January 7, 2016.

Workers said business has been booming since the jackpot rose over $600 million.

The soaring windfall is fueled by record ticket sales: The bigger prizes draw more players, who in turn make the jackpots even bigger.

If no one wins the $900 million prize, the jackpot increases to $1.3 billion, Denton said.

Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Between $5 million and $10 million per hour in Powerball ticket sales were expected in California in the hours leading up to Saturday’s drawing, said Alex Traverso, spokesman for California Lottery. One man says he’s no longer betting based on birthday numbers, or anniversaries, but letting the computer choose for him.