FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021 record photo, blank forms for the Powerball lottery beryllium successful a bin astatine a section market store, successful Des Moines, Iowa. The elephantine Powerball jackpot has grown adjacent bigger, with officials raising the estimated payout up of Saturday, Oct. 2, drawing.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021 record photo, blank forms for the Powerball lottery beryllium successful a bin astatine a section market store, successful Des Moines, Iowa. The elephantine Powerball jackpot has grown adjacent bigger, with officials raising the estimated payout up of Saturday, Oct. 2, drawing.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

DES MOINES, Iowa – The biggest lottery prize successful much than 8 months volition beryllium up for grabs successful Saturday night's Powerball drawing.

The Powerball jackpot has dilatory climbed to an estimated $635 cardinal acknowledgment to 39 consecutive drawings without a expansive prize winner, a grounds streak for the crippled dating backmost to June 5. There hasn't been a bigger Powerball jackpot since a $731.1 cardinal prize was won connected Jan. 20. Saturday's expansive prize would beryllium the 10th largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

Since Aug. 23, Powerball drawings person been held 3 times a week to summation involvement and turn prizes much quickly. Drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. EDT.

One happening that hasn't changed, though, are the long likelihood of winning the jackpot — 1 successful 292.2 million.

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The estimated jackpot magnitude refers to winners who opt to beryllium paid done an annuity implicit 29 years. Most winners similar the currency option, which for Saturday's drafting would beryllium an estimated $450 cardinal earlier taxes.

Powerball is played successful 45 states positive Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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