Powerball jackpot leaps to estimated $800 million

The already huge Powerball jackpot continues on developing and now has hit an estimated $800 million

its second-biggest ever and fifth-greatest in U.S. lottery history.

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No triumphing tickets have been bought for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot of about $700 million,

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the game's largest this year. So for Saturday night's drawing,

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the grand prize will be at least about $800 million, Powerball officials say.

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The range should develop as extra and extra tickets are wolfed up.

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Wednesday was once the thirty-sixth straight time no one gained the Powerball pot of gold.

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Powerball's largest jackpot was once also the greatest ever received in any lottery somewhere in the world,

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an enormous $1.586 billion in January 2016. It was once shared via ticketholders in California, Florida, and Tennessee.

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Powerball jackpot winners have the choice of getting their prize in an immediate lump sum,

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which would quantity to an estimated $383.7 million in money price if anyone wins Saturday,

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or as an annuity. That alternative can pay out the full jackpot quantity over roughly 30 years.

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