The Powerball jackpot rose to a whopping $ 730 million (three-quarters of a billion dollars) and a cash value of $ 546 million after the draw last Saturday.
The reason for the increase in the value of the prize after the recent draw is that there have been no grand prize winners yet, according to US news network CNN.
It is only the fourth time that a jackpot has exceeded $ 700 million, according to the foundation responsible for the Powerball lottery.
The Powerball Lottery Foundation said that if anyone wins the next draw, on Wednesday, January 20, it will be the fourth largest prize in the history of the game, and the sixth largest in US lottery history.
The last jackpot win was from the Powerball lottery in New York on September 16, 2020.
But there were some lucky ones in Saturday’s raffle if multiple ticket holders won partial wins ranging from $ 2 to $ 4 million, won 14 tickets, white balls earned $ 5 million each, according to Powerball.