Powerball jackpot soars to $1 billion
BALTIMORE, MD—The Powerball jackpot has surged to an estimated $1 billion for Saturday night’s drawing, lottery officials have announced. The new jackpot amount, which carries a one-time cash option of an estimated $453.1 million, marks the sixth time in the game’s 33-year history that the prize has reached the billion-dollar milestone. Both amounts are before taxes. The increase from an […]