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(CNN) — The million-dollar questions have been answered. What are the Powerball numbers, and have any winning tickets been sold?

Lottery officials released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11.

One winning ticket was sold in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to David Bishop, deputy secretary of Florida lottery.

Saturday’s jackpot is a record $590.5 million. It marks the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot split by winners in Arizona and Missouri in November.

The jackpot has a cash value of $376.9 million.

The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was $656 million in the Mega Millions game in March 2012. That was split by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

If there had been no winner in Saturday’s Powerball, the jackpot would have shot up to $925 million for Wednesday’s drawing, according to Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, which is part of the multistate lotteries.

The Powerball game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A single ticket costs $2, and the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510.

Hate to break it to you, but you stand a better chance of walking onto the golf course and hitting two consecutive holes in one than winning the jackpot.

But that didn’t stop hundreds from driving to the Trex Mart in Dearborn, Missouri, store where one of two winning tickets sold in last year’s $587 million Powerball drawing.

About 100 people an hour were buying tickets at the store.

At a convenience store in Riverside, Missouri, Jim Mansell said he was only buying one ticket.

“I figure if the good Lord intends you to win, you only need one ticket,” he told CNN affiliate KCTV5. “But I don’t know if the good Lord believes in gambling or not.”

 

By AnneClaire Stapleton. CNN’s Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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(CNN) — Two dollars and a dream.

That’s all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday’s record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot.

“People are more important than money. I’d just give it away … to help people,” she told CNN affiliate KCTV5 of Kansas City.

The jackpot, with a cash value of $376.9 million, marks the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot split by winners in Arizona and Missouri in November.

The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was $656 million in the Mega Millions game in March 2012. That was split by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

That mark will be dwarfed if no one wins the Powerball jackpot Saturday. With now winner, the jackpot will be about $925 million for Wednesday’s drawing, according to Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, which is part of the multi-state lotteries.

The Powerball game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A single ticket costs $2, and the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510.

But before you start dreaming of that mansion in Barbados, allow us to pour an icy bucket of mathematical reality over your head: You almost certainly aren’t going to win.

You stand a better chance of walking onto the golf course and hitting two consecutive holes in one than winning that jackpot.

But that didn’t stop hundreds from driving to the Trex Mart in Dearborn, Missouri, store where one of two winning tickets sold in last year’s $587 million Powerball drawing.

About 100 people an hour were buying tickets at the store, one of the clerk’s told CNN by telephone.

Back at the convenience store in Riverside, Jim Mansell said he was only buying one ticket.

“I figure if the good Lord intends you to win, you only need one ticket,” he told KCTV. “But I don’t know if the good Lord believes in gambling or not.”

CNN’s Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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Okay, so you’ve got your ticket for California’s first ever drawing Wednesday night. That means you’re possibly holding a piece of your future – new car, maybe a new house.

Without doubt, you’re holding a piece of the future of every single public schoolchild in the state.

For fiscal year 2011-2012, state lottery revenues were $4.3 billion. The portion of that went to help fund California’s public schools? $1.3 billion.

A portion of the new monies brought in from the golden state’s newest game will go straight to the same place — quarterly.

Lottery dollars make up about 1% of state’s K-12 funding.  Districts see those dollars based on their “ADA,” or average daily attendance.

Last school year, that meant districts got about $34.12 per child every quarter.

Some of that cash is unrestricted and can be spent on anything — like salaries.

The other portion sent to schools is labeled “restricted” and must be spent directly on students.

California’s first Powerball drawing will be presented to the state in a live event at 8 p.m. Wednesday at lottery headquarters.

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The first day of Powerball ticket sales in California was record-breaking, Lottery officials said Tuesday.

More than $3.1 million worth of tickets were sold in the state. This is the first time Powerball tickets have been available in California. The jackpot is $60 million.

Lottery officials will draw Wednesday evening.

Tickets are $2 and are still available. The chances of winning the grand prize is 1 in 175,223,510.

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04/09/13

Buy Your Lottery Tickets Online

Paul Robins and Bethany Crouch talk to Nick Paranomos. He is the co-founder of LottoJar.com, a new website that allows you to buy lottery tickets online.

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Powerball has arrived, making California the 43rd state to be added to the Powerball lottery.

“Believe in something bigger,” says Elias Dominguez of the California lottery.

Or, just believe your $2 ticket could make you rich.

“The jackpot starts at $40 million and  goes up from there,” Dominguez told FOX40.

It doesn’t matter how many people are playing, even if it’s just you. Your chances of winning are still 1 in 175 million.

The first drawing is at 7:59 p.m. Wednesday at the California Lottery in Sacramento.

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Powerball fever is creeping into California as convenience stores wait to get their tickets.

Tickets are just $2, but the odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 175,223,510.

To see how the prizes and odds break down, click here.

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California has gone mega big.

A chance to win a $40 million prize has Sacramentan’s already planning.

“I will be buying a ticket tomorrow at 6 a.m.!” India Powell tells FOX40. Her chances of winning this time around: about 175,000,000 to 1.

Starting Monday, $2 will put Powell, and whomever buys a Powerball ticket, in the running to win mega big.

For  every drawing that doesn’t have a winner, $10 million extra dollars will be added to that prize.

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11/29/12

California to Add Powerball Next Spring

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Californians missed out on the large $500 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, but that will change next Spring.

The California State Lottery Commission approved taking on Powerball in the state Thursday.

People can start buying the $2 Powerball tickets in California next April. Already, Californians can buy tickets for Mega Millions and Super Lotto.

Lottery officials said adding Powerball could mean another $50-$120 million for the state’s education system per year. According to information on their website, the Lottery raised more than $1.3 billion for public education during the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

What’s unique about Powerball is how quickly the jackpot can increase; the jackpot starts at $40 million, and grows by about $10 million each time it rolls over.

California will be the 45th jurisdiction to play Powerball.

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