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Will $300-Million Jackpot Get You to Play?

A big potential payout could spark cases of lottery fever this weekend. Will you be buying tickets for Saturday's Powerball drawing?

by Jon Gargis

Lottery players have 300 million reasons to grab a Powerball ticket this weekend.

As of Friday afternoon, the jackpot for the multi-state lottery game stood at an estimated $300 million, according to the Georgia Lottery. The big prize has grown since June 26, rolling 11 times.

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It’s $2 per play for a chance to win a jackpot 150 million times the cost of one ticket, but be forewarned—your odds of winning with just one ticket are 1 in 175,223,510.

Tickets purchased in Georgia weren’t very lucky in the last Powerball drawing on Wednesday. Players in the Peach State only matched as many as four of the five white balls.

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To win the jackpot, one must match all five white balls plus the Powerball, though matching all but the Powerball nets a ticketholder a cool million dollars.

Will you be buying a Powerball ticket this weekend? Do you have a lottery strategy you stick to? Tell us in the comments.



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