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Powerball jackpot rises to $725M, the 8th-largest prize in game history
The jackpot was last won in July.
Update:
Updated 8:09 a.m. Sept. 21: Revised to reflect no winner in Wednesday's drawing.
If you’re feeling lucky, you may want to purchase a Powerball ticket ahead of this weekend.
The lottery game’s jackpot prize rose to an estimated $725 million ahead of Saturday night’s drawing. The cash value is about $345.7 million, according to a Powerball news release.
This prize is the 8th largest in game history.
There have been two large Powerball jackpots won this year, including a $754.6 million prize in February and a $1.08 billion prize in July. No Texan has won any of the current top-10 prizes on record.
The July record-setting jackpot was the last time the jackpot was won. Since then, there have been 27 drawings without a winner.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning any sort of prize are 1 in 24.9.
Drawings are at 9:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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