With an estimated US Powerball jackpot of $350 million for this Wednesday's draw, lottery fans from around the world are making sure they get their tickets in time. As we're in the calm before the money storm, let's take a second to look at what the US Powerball has been up to lately and what you can expect to see on your Powerball lottery ticket.
The last 18 months have been pretty special for the US Powerball lottery. In January 2012, Powerball officials announced some major changes, including the introduction of a new $40 million starting jackpot aimed at bringing the American lottery its first $500 million top prize and a $1 billion jackpot by 2022. Eleven months later, the first part of this prophecy came true with a $588 million US Powerball jackpot that was shared by winners from Arizona and Missouri in November 2012.
In 2013, barely a week has passed without the US Powerball holding the top spot on theBig list of the world's biggest lotto jackpots. The famous US lottery awarded a $217 million prize to Virginia couple Dave and Nancy Honeywell on February 6th, and followed this up with a 12-rollover run that granted a huge $338 million jackpot to Pedro Quezada of Passaic, New Jersey, in the draw held on March 23rd.
The month of March came to a close with a relatively quiet $50 million prize and all eyes began to focus on California's imminent arrival onto the Powerball scene. As the most populous state in the US, everyone knew there would be big jackpots, although some doubted ho [...]
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