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$815 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs Wednesday night

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Jackpot FILE PHOTO: The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. (Christopher Habermann/Scott Habermann - stock.adobe.com)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $815 million with the next drawing set for 10:59 p.m. Wednesday on Action News Jax.

The lump sum option for the jackpot is $367.9 million making it the seventh-largest grand prize in the game’s history.

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The jackpot has been growing since May 31 when a lucky Powerball player in California claimed $204.5 million. There have been three other winners this year.

Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The only states that do not participate are Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, and Alabama

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.00.

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Top Ten Powerball Jackpots

  • $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
  • $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 - CA
  • $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
  • $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 - OR
  • $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
  • $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
  • $815 Million (est) – Aug. 27, 2025
  • $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
  • $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
  • $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA

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