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Powerball jackpot
grows to $478 million, fifth largest ever
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Powerball lottery tickets are seen at Bluebird Liquor in
Hawthorne, Los Angeles
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Powerball lottery tickets are seen at Bluebird Liquor in
Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 12,
2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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It will be the 24th drawing since a ticket won the jackpot,
matching all six numbers, on May 7, Powerball officials said in
a statement.
The Powerball game is based on lottery tickets sold for $2
apiece. It is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
If a single ticket wins, it will be worth the winner's choice of
$478 million spread over 30 years or $330.6 million in a
lump-sum payment, before federal taxes.
Wednesday's draw came about two and a half months after a $429.6
million winning Powerball ticket was sold in New Jersey, and two
weeks after a $540 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot was
clinched in Indiana.
The largest lottery prize offered in North America was a
Powerball jackpot worth nearly $1.6 billion for winning tickets
sold in California, Tennessee and Florida in January.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, editing by Larry
King)
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