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Powerball jackpot grows to $220 million

By George Mathis
Aug 7, 2011

Those pining to be rich beyond the dreams of avarice can keep dreaming -- there was no winner in Saturday night's drawing of the Powerball multi-state lottery.

The jackpot Wednesday will be an estimated $220 million. A single winner that chose the cash option would win about $118 million before taxes.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 25-30-54-57-59. The Powerball was 6.

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George Mathis has worked in the AJC newsroom since 1999 in a variety of roles including editing local news, blogger and columnist.

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