The Powerball jackpot has soared to $600 million for Saturday night’s drawing — the biggest jackpot in the multi-state game’s history. It’s the second largest jackpot in U.S. history, Georgia Lottery officials said.
The Powerball jackpot has grown by about $236 million since Wednesday’s drawing.
And Friday night’s Mega Millions jackpot stands at $190 million, after no players matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday. The Mega Millions numbers selected Friday night are: 35-11-49-43-15 and the Gold Mega Ball was 41.
The combined Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are a U.S. record at $790 million.
Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $600 million jackpot prize would be paid over 29 years in 30 payments; or the cash option, which is about $376 million.
Mega Millions also offers two payment options: about $7.3 million a year for 26 years with the annuity option; or a single payment worth about $140 million.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Mega Millions tickets are $1 per play.
Even hardcore non-players might have a hard time resisting buying a ticket. But odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 175 million.
The Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen live on Channel 2, just before Action News Nightbeat at 11 p.m.
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