Powerball jackpot climbs to $455million for Saturday drawing

  • One of the biggest US lottery drawings is set to take place Saturday evening
  • Powerball jackpot is estimated to be at $455million
  • The odds of winning the multi-state drawing are 1 in 292 million 

An estimated $455 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs on Saturday evening, one of the biggest in the multi-state US lottery’s history, after 19 straight drawings failed to produce a grand prize winner.

The odds of winning Saturday’s drawing, to be held at 10:59pm ET, are currently 1 in 292 million. 

A grand prize winner would have the choice of taking the $455million jackpot doled out over 29 years, or taking a one-time, lump-sum payment of $269.4million.

An estimated $455 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs on Saturday evening, one of the biggest in the multi-state US lottery’s history, after 19 straight drawings failed to produce a grand prize winner. A Powerball sign is seen in Chicago on January 4

If no ticket matches the six numbers drawn in the lottery, the jackpot will roll over to the next drawing, on March 21.

The last Powerball drawing to produce a jackpot winner was on January 6, when a single ticket sold in New Hampshire won $559.7million. 

The winner, who went under the name ‘Good Karma Family 2018,’ chose the lump-sum cash option of $352million.

Powerball’s jackpot hit a record $1.6billion in January 2016, when three winning tickets were sold in Florida, California and Tennessee.



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