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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, aft yet different drafting passed without a large victor Wednesday.
The numbers selected were: 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69, with the Powerball fig being 22.
Since May 31, determination person been 41 consecutive drawings without a large winner.
The adjacent drafting volition beryllium Saturday night, with the prize expected to beryllium the third-largest successful U.S. lottery history.
Powerball’s unspeakable likelihood of 1 successful 292.2 cardinal are designed to make large jackpots, with prizes becoming ever larger arsenic they repeatedly rotation implicit erstwhile nary 1 wins. Lottery officials enactment that the likelihood are acold amended for the game’s galore smaller prizes. There are 3 drawings each week.
The estimated $1.4 cardinal jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing would person been for a victor who had opted to person 30 payments implicit 29 years done an annuity. Winners astir ever take the game’s currency option, which would person been an estimated $634.3 million.
Powerball tickets outgo $2, and the crippled is offered successful 45 states positive Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
