Powerball jackpot reaches $700 million

The Powerball jackpot reaches$700 million dollars, is the sixth largest in the history of gambling and someone could win it this Saturday night.

Since November 19, 2022, no one has won thePowerball grand prize and it has been increasing for two and a half months. In this Wednesday's draw it reached $646 million dollars, but that figure has already been surpassed.

On Wednesday there were two players, one from Florida and one from North Carolina, whothey got five numbers from the draw and they each won $1 million dollars.

In New York a personwon with a ticket to which he had added the Power Play option, so he received his double payment, a total of $2 million dollars.

HePowerball jackpotIt has only managed to reach 10 figures on two occasions, in January 2016 and in November 2022, whenexceeded $2 billion dollars. The ticketwas sold in California to a single winner and they have not yet claimed the money.

Whoever wins the $700 million jackpot in Saturday's drawing has the chance to collect $375.7 million in cash. You must decide whether to accept the money as a lump sum payment or an annuity.What would you do if you had the winning ticket?