Powerball jackpot grows to $725 million, seventh largest ever
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The Powerball jackpot has climbed again to an estimated $725 million ahead of Wednesday's upcoming drawing, becoming the seventh-largest prize in the game's history. According to Powerball's calculation, the current jackpot rose from $650 million during the last drawing on Monday night, which ended without a winner.
The jackpot rolled Monday after not a single ticket purchased matched all six numbers drawn in the contest. Those winning figures were 2, 24, 34, 53 and 58, and the Powerball was 13.
Wednesday's upcoming drawing comes about eight months after a Powerball ticket sold in California won the greatest jackpot in the game's history, which stood at $2.04 billion. The second-largest jackpot, at more than $1.5 billion, went to three winners who had purchased tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee in 2016. Those are the only two Powerball jackpot prizes to ever top $1 billion.
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