The jackpot for Saturday evening’s Powerball lottery has reached $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.

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 were worth either $1 million or $2 million, depending upon whether the players utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, bu

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