Powerball Jackpot Reaches $630 Million For Wednesday’s Drawing

(CNN) — Hey, somebody’s gotta triumph it sometime, right?

And Powerball summons income are soaring crossed the country, officials accidental — arsenic the jackpot keeps rising.

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It’s present astatine an estimated $630 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association says — higher than estimates and fueled by fast-growing numbers of radical plopping down 2 bucks for a million-to-1 changeable astatine the fortune.

Actually, the likelihood are mode worse than that: 1 successful 292.2 million, Powerball says.

Chances of winning a prize are amended — 1 successful 24.9, Powerball says.

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Drawings are each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. ET.

The past Powerball jackpot victor claimed a $699.8 cardinal expansive prize connected October 4 successful California.

Wednesday night’s drafting volition beryllium for the seventh-largest jackpot successful Powerball history, with a currency worth of $448.4 million.

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