If you're hoping to win the ever-increasing Powerball jackpot, there's some important information you need to know to play.

The jackpot starts out at $20 million and grows with each drawing that no one wins. It takes nearly 40 drawings to reach the billion-dollar jackpot.

The jackpot for the Wednesday, Sept. 3 drawing is $1.4 billion, making it the fourth-largest Powerball ever and the sixth-largest in U.S. lottery history.

There have been 40 Powerball drawings since the jackpot was last won back in May, when a California lottery player won $204.5 million Powerball jackpot .

Here's a look at some key things you need to know:

What time is the Powerball drawing?

Powerball drawings are held at 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Monday drawings were added in 2021. Lookin

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