- The Powerball jackpot has surpassed the billion dollar mark for the second time this year.
- Recent record prizes are thanks to increasing lottery awareness and an additional drawing day.
- But your chances of hitting it big still remain laughably low.
The Powerball jackpot has surpassed the billion mark for the second time this year with a near-record $1.2 billion prize up for grabs in Wednesday night’s drawing.
The current pot represents the third-largest prize in Powerball history and the seventh-largest in US lottery history. It comes amid a recent wave of historic and increasingly large lottery prizes that have captured the nation’s attention and spare change.
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