Need a new car? Want to buy your mother a house in the hills? Feel like taking off a year and touring Europe? You might be able to if you feel you’re lucky.
The jackpot for Saturday evening’s Powerball lottery has reached a whopping $1 billion, the 13th-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Saturday’s drawing will be held at 7:59 p.m., with tickets sold after 7:05 p.m. only eligible for the following drawing, on Monday.
To date, there have been 38 drawings since the last time someone had a ticket matching all six numbers in the multi-state game. That includes Wednesday’s drawing, when six tickets were sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
Those tickets were all sold outside California and