Powerball Jackpot Reaches $348 Million
Powerball says the odds of winning the top prize are one in more than 292 million.
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Powerball says the odds of winning the top prize are one in more than 292 million.
With no big winner in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, the jackpot now stands at $348 million.
The current jackpot for the national lottery has reached $314 million after going weeks without a winner. The next drawing is Saturday night. If a winner isn't drawn, the pot will grow even bigger. The last jackpot to reach this level eventually grew to become the largest in U.S. history -- $1.5 billion.
One winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the Saturday's drawing was sold at Hometown Deli along the 800 block of Durham Road in Newtown.
Two of the winners of the largest jackpot in history are still a mystery.
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Powerball players may not have won the jackpot-winning prize, the largest in history, but they certainly didn't come away empty-handed.
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The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing has soared to $1.5 billion.
Financial analyst Steve Cordasco tells Chris Stigall to hire an experienced money team if you win the next Powerball drawing.
More than 900,000 Pennsylvanians and nearly 800,000 players from New Jersey won smaller prizes, with a single winner from the Commonwealth winning $1 million.
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