Powerball Jackpot Soars to $565 Million for Saturday’s Drawing

Just in case you haven't been paying attention, the Powerball Jackpot has been growing and now we are getting to some serious numbers! The next drawing, which is scheduled for Saturday, August 16 is now an estimated $565 million, and it's not ever close to being in the top-10 drawings. How many tickets will you be buying? Let us know in the App.

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The jackpot is over 2 months in the making.

This jackpot has been growing since June 2. The last Powerball winner won $207 million. The current $565 million jackpot is the largest since earlier this year in March. If someone wins and takes the cash option, they would take home $258.8 million. Very rarely does someone take the 30-year payout.

What are my chances of hitting the jackpot?

When jackpots hit these astronomical numbers, ticket sales go up, and sometimes you go up to 5 or 6 months without a winner. So, it makes you think, what are the odds? One in 292,201,338 to be exact. Let's put that into perspective, your odds of getting struck by lightning are 1 in 1,222,000.

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I won $2500 on a manual win-all ticket.

While I have never hit the big jackpot, I have won a claimer. A claimer is a ticket that is $1000 or over.  I purchased a $5 $50,000 Poker ticket and won with a manual win-all. A manual win-all is you win on your chances to win. What an incredible feeling.

READ MORE: A $2500 win on a $5 $50,000 Poker ticket. 

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