What To Watch For?
The next Powerball drawing is set to take place on Saturday night. A day before that, Mega Millions is set to hold its next drawing for a jackpot that has swollen to $672 million.
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Big Number
1-in-292.2 million. Those are the astronomical odds a Powerball ticket buyer will need to overcome to win the jackpot. This is even worse than the Mega Millions jackpot’s already poor odds of 1-in-290.4 million.
Key Background
Only two other lottery prizes have crossed the $500 million mark so far this year. The first was a $533 million jackpot won by a Mega Millions ticket buyer from Illinois in March, which is the biggest prize claimed so far. The other is the ongoing Mega Millions jackpot, which has risen to $672 million—with no winner yet. The biggest claimed Powerball jackpot of the year so far is a $250.8 million prize won by a lottery player from Arkansas.
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further reading
Mega Millions Jackpot Rises To $672 Million—Here’s What The Winner Could Take Home (Forbes)
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