{"id":257843,"date":"2026-08-02T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257843\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:58:07","slug":"powerball-jackpot-grows-to-estimated-748-million-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257843\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball jackpot grows to estimated $748 million \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Powerball jackpot is still rising! <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">No tickets matched all six numbers during Saturday\u2019s drawing: 6-17-27-38-50, and the Powerball 5. There was a 3x Power Play multiplier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">While no one hit the jackpot, there were some massive prizes won Saturday. One ticket in Virginia won $2 million and five tickets across the country snagged $1 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, two players in the state earned $50,000 prizes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Currently, the next drawing is worth an estimated $748 million with a cash value of $325.1 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The largest jackpot in Powerball history is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/drawing-tonight-for-7th-largest-powerball-jackpot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$2.04 billion<\/a>, won by a single ticket in California on Nov. 7, 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to Powerball officials, the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Powerball tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Powerball jackpot is still rising! 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