{"id":60970,"date":"2025-12-13T19:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/powerball-jackpot-rises-to-1-billion-for-saturdays-drawing\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T19:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:27:38","slug":"powerball-jackpot-rises-to-1-billion-for-saturdays-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/powerball-jackpot-rises-to-1-billion-for-saturdays-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball jackpot rises to $1 billion for Saturday&#8217;s drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The Powerball jackpot rose to $1 billion for Saturday&#8217;s drawing \u2014 the seventh-largest in the lottery game&#8217;s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/powerball-jackpot-rises-to-1-billion-for-saturday-drawing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Powerball jackpot<\/a> to reach $1 billion in 2025 after no ticket matched all six numbers in a drawing earlier in the week. The possible winner or winners will get to choose between an annuitized prize estimated at $1 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $461.3 million before taxes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/06\/4d2c6b5e-7153-4cc8-bb7c-7efcb9380a3c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/2e06af1559030db77c9f2550f2117c1e\/gettyimages-2233717328.jpg#\" alt=\"Powerball Jackpot Grows To $1.7 Billion After No One Wins Big Prize \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/06\/4d2c6b5e-7153-4cc8-bb7c-7efcb9380a3c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/2e06af1559030db77c9f2550f2117c1e\/gettyimages-2233717328.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/06\/4d2c6b5e-7153-4cc8-bb7c-7efcb9380a3c\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/fa49b6482d48e2af7c801ce6d9923b9c\/gettyimages-2233717328.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this photo illustration, Powerball lottery tickets are displayed on a countertop at the Brew Market &amp; Cafe on September 04, 2025 in Austin, Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Brandon Bell \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In September, the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/tickets-in-missouri-and-texas-win-1.787-billion-powerball-jackpot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">split<\/a>\u00a0between two tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas. Powerball tickets are $2 and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/powerball-mega-millions-lottery-jackpots-bigger-top-prizes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">odds of winning<\/a><\/span> the Powerball jackpot remain extremely low.\u00a0 Powerball increased its number of white balls from 59 to 69 in 2015, and its number of red balls decreased from 35 to 26.\u00a0 The Multi-State Lottery Association said the jackpot odds became steeper after the redesign, shifting from 1 in 175.2 million to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/powerball-prize-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1 in 292.2 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 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