$193.5-Million Powerball Jackpot Creates Frenzy
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Around the country, in Washington, D.C., and the 21 states where Powerball is played, people snapped up tickets in hopes of hitting the $193.5-million lottery jackpot, despite odds of only 1 in 80 million.
The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night: 2-28-30-36-39 and Powerball 10. Lottery officials didn’t expect to know until early today whether there were any winning tickets.
The biggest Powerball jackpot ever is the $295.7-million won in 1998 by a group of factory workers in Ohio. The richest lottery prize in U.S. history is the $363-million Big Game jackpot, won last year by two players in Illinois and Michigan.
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