The Powerball is up to $650 Million!

Aug 21, 2017 at 08:32 am by bryan


Powerball Mania is sweeping the nation again after nobody had the right combination of numbers this past Saturday night.

That means the jackpot is now estimated at $650 million, with a cash payout of $411.7 million. The next drawing is on Wednesday, Aug. 23.

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Before you get your hopes up too high, your odds of winning are about one in 229 million. Odds are, you're more likely to be killed by an asteroid (1 in 700,000), hit by lightning while drowning (1 in 183 million) or give birth to quadruplets (1 in 729,000).

Powerball is played in 44 states including Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A smaller amount of money was won in Tennessee:

Someone from Erin, Tennessee, in Houston County won $2 million in Saturday's Powerball drawing.

There was also a $200,000 winner in Memphis among the 96,127 winners across the entire state.

Lottery officials say the $2 million winner matched 5 of the white numbers drawn, just one shy of a jackpot win, and the $200,000 winner matched four of the white numbers.

Both players added the "Power Play" option for an extra dollar, which multiplied their winnings.

The current jackpot stands at $650 million, which is the second largest in Powerball's history and the third largest in North American lottery history. The next drawing is Wednesday night.

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