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***POWERBALL® JACKPOT ALERT***
WEDNESDAY’S JACKPOT JUMPS TO $485 MILLION
(AUSTIN) – A surge in Powerball® ticket sales has increased the estimated annuitized jackpot from
$450 million to $485 million for Wednesday night’s drawing. The jackpot’s estimated cash value is now
$327.7 million. Tomorrow night’s jackpot started as a $40 million prize on Dec. 3, 2014 and is the result
of 20 drawings with no jackpot winner. This is the fifth largest jackpot of any U.S. lottery game on
record.
Top Five Largest U.S. Lottery Jackpots
Jackpot Amount
Game
Drawing Date
States with Jackpot Winners
$656 million
Mega Millions
March 30, 2012
Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
$648 million
Mega Millions
Dec. 17, 2013
California, Georgia
$590.5 million
Powerball
May 18, 2013
Florida
$587. 5 million
Powerball
Nov. 28, 2012
Arizona, Missouri
$XXX million
Powerball
Feb. 11, 2015
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Texas joined the multistate Powerball game in 2010 and had its first Powerball jackpot winner in 2013
when Paul McDowell of Ravenna claimed the $40 million jackpot from the May 29, 2013 drawing. Since
January 2014, Texas has had 24 Powerball second-tier prize winners of $1 million or $2 million.
Second-tier Powerball prizes are won by matching five numbers but not the Powerball number.
Powerball is played by choosing five numbers from one to 59 and one Powerball number from one to
35. Players win the jackpot by matching all five of the white ball numbers drawn and the red Powerball
number. For $1 more per play, the Power Play® feature is added and the non-jackpot prize winnings
increase. Powerball drawings occur every Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. CT.
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About the Texas Lottery
Beginning with the first ticket sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated $22 billion in revenue for the state
and distributed $44 billion in prizes to lottery players. Since 1997, the Texas Lottery has contributed $17 billion to
the Foundation School Fund, which supports public education in Texas. As authorized by the Texas Legislature,
certain Texas Lottery revenues benefit state programs including the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. The Texas
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