New York – The New York Lottery today announced the jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing has been increased to $317,000,000. The $72,000,000 jump from Wednesday’s advertised jackpot is due to brisk sales across all participating Powerball states.
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The new jackpot marks the eighth largest Powerball jackpot in the game’s 20-year history. The largest Powerball jackpot to date was $590.5 million, won in Florida for the May 18, 2013 drawing.
If no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball in Saturday night’s drawing, the jackpot will continue to grow
Of course we all know that the winner was decided on Rosh Hashonah, but you’ve got to be in it to win it.