Another Powerball drawing, another chance at a jackpot that is inching toward a billion dollars.
A selection of Powerball tickets are shown at the Route One Wine and Spirits liquor store, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. Another Powerball drawing Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, another chance at a jackpot that is inching toward $1 billion.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Another Powerball drawing Saturday night, another chance at a jackpot that is inching toward $1 billion. The estimated $960 million prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery jackpot, behind earlier Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that allThe prize has grown so large because there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a big winner, dating to July 19. That streak without a jackpot winner is due to the game’s long odds, 1 in 292.2 million, that are designed to make winning rare so grand prizes can grow large.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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