The Powerball lottery jackpot jumped to $400 million after nobody won in Saturday night's drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday were 21 24 36 42 45 with Powerball 15.
There were no winners of the big prize and the jackpot for the next drawing is now estimated at $400 million Powerball officials said. That would be worth more than $230 million before taxes if taken as a lump sum Powerball said.
Tickets worth $2 million each were sold in Florida and Texas for Saturday's drawing and $1 million tickets were sold in five states.
The pot had reached $300 million bringing out lots of ticket buyers aiming to strike it rich.
We ve got the winning ticket right here one man buying a ticket at a San Diego area store told NBCSanDiego.com before the drawing. It s going to help a lot of people.
Or not.
While $400 million is a lot it s not close to a lottery record. The largest prize ever was $656 million won in the Mega Millions contest on March 30 2012. The biggest Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million won in Florida in May by an 84 year old widow.
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