CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - This weekend is a big one if you are looking to hit the jackpot. That’s because someone out there could be a mega-millionaire. Powerball is a lottery game in which the rules are simple: match all five white ball numbers and the red Powerball number, and you hit the jackpot.

That is something a number of people in western Mass are hoping to achieve. Shown through the front window of the Pride Market in Chicopee is the jackpot sign for Powerball. As you can see, it says $999 million, actually, it’s one million more.

As soon as this weekend, someone in the country, possibly in our area, could walk away with an estimated grand prize of a billion bucks. It’s the second time this year Powerball has reached that mark, with the first being $1.787 billion that was split

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