POWERBALL JACKPOT INCREASED TO $900 MILLION
Top prize in Saturday night’s drawing is largest jackpot in U.S. lottery
history
BRAINTREE, MA (SATURDAY,
JANUARY 9, 2016) – The
Powerball jackpot for tonight’s
drawing has been increased for the third time in as many days and now
stands at an estimated $900 million. The cash option on the prize is now
an estimated $558 million.
Last
hit on November 4, 2015, this jackpot has been growing for 18
consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The
$900 million jackpot eclipses the previous U.S. lottery record of $656
million that was split by three winners in the Mega Millions drawing on
March 30, 2012. Powerball’s highest-ever jackpot had been $590.5
million, won on May 18, 2013.
Powerball
tickets are $2 each and can be played in 44 states, Washington D.C.,
Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets for tonight’s drawing can be
purchased until 9:45 p.m. this evening at any Massachusetts Lottery
retailer in the state. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at
10:59 p.m. EST in Tallahassee, Florida.
Powerball drawings are available locally via the Lottery’s website – masslottery.com,
and can also be viewed on the Lottery’s official Facebook,
Twitter
and YouTube
accounts.
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