ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A lot of lottery players are still holding out hope to strike it big after no Powerball winner was announced in Monday night’s drawing.

The jackpot is projected to surpass $1.3 billion by Wednesday night’s drawing, landing it in the top nine largest jackpots across all lottery games.

That number has some people in St. Charles feeling lucky.

Michael Ford told First Alert 4 that he’s always played Powerball, and always will, but with the latest jackpot number he’s upping his chances.

Normally, Ford said he buys five or so tickets, but on Tuesday morning, he bought 20, but said he’s not done yet.

“I might buy a little bit more from this store or this store or when I’m at work or another store in my neighborhood,” explained Ford.

Others in St. Charles are

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