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Powerball Jackpot Soars to $550M for Saturday Drawing
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday's lottery, you could score $550 million, or a $350 million one-time payout.
After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is an estimated $550 million—the third-largest Powerball prize in the game's history.
Virginia is no stranger to Powerball winners. In addition to several $1 million winners, Dave and Nancy Honeywell of Fredericksburg took a $136 million cash payout in February of this year. A person from Christiansburg won $1 million in Wednesday night's drawing.
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The one-time cash payout is estimated at $350.1 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Virginia and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York.
You can buy tickets until 10 p.m. EST for the 10:59 p.m. drawing.
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Buy tickets online here, or search for a local retailer.
The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, split between winners in Arizona and Missouri.
Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s collection of lottery winners’ stories.
What would you do with a $350.1 million cash payout? Dream big in the comments below!
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