Jackpot Alert! Wednesday's Powerball drawing up to $230 million

Dec 12, 2018 3:18 PM

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CHICAGO — Players have the chance to win an estimated $230 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.

The winning numbers from Saturday’s Powerball drawing were 14, 32, 34, 46 and 61, and the Powerball number was 10. While there was no jackpot winner in Saturday night’s drawing, Illinois players won more than 21,200 prizes, ranging from $4 to $200.

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Illinois residents 18 and older can purchase Powerball and all of the Illinois Lottery’s draw-based game tickets by using the Illinois Lottery’s mobile app. The free app (the first of its kind in the United States) is available for download on iOS and Android devices and offers any Illinois adult the chance to purchase lottery tickets on their smartphone. Players can also purchase their tickets online at illinoislottery.com and at nearly 8,000 retailers statewide.

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QUICK POWERBALL FACTS

Current jackpot at $230 million; cash option of $135.9 million
Jackpots start at $40 million
Overall odds of winning the jackpot 1:292,201,338
Drawings are at 9:59 p.m. (CT) every Wednesday and Saturday

About the Illinois Lottery:

Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $20 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like Illinois Veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, Special Olympics and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for all draw-based Illinois Lottery games at illinoislottery.com. Players must be at least 18 years old.

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