The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.8 billion for Saturday night's drawing after no tickets came up winners of Wednesday's $1.4 billion grand prize, Powerball said. Saturday's pot of gold would have an estimated cash value of $826.4 million. Both totals are before taxes.

The winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing were 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69, with a Powerball of 22.

Saturday's windfall would be the second-biggest in U.S. lottery history, only trailing the world-record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won on Nov. 7, 2022, in California.

Including the upcoming drawing, there have been six jackpots of more than $1 billion in Powerball's 33-year history.

So far this year, the Powerball jackpot has been grabbed four times.

Saturday's drawing will be the 42nd since the Power

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