Powerball jackpot climbs to $572 million ahead of Wednesday’s drawing
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- When the next Powerball numbers are drawn Wednesday evening, a lucky lottery player somewhere in the country could head into the holidays with a $572 million jackpot.
When no tickets matched the numbers for the $543 million prize in Monday night’s drawing, the jackpot continued to swell, according to the multi-state lottery. A winner in Wednesday’s drawing could choose to receive the money in annualized payments or take the $286 million lump sum. There were five Powerball jackpots awarded this year, with winning tickets purchased in Washington, Virginia, Ohio and California, according to the lottery.
ABC-7 asked El Pasoans what they would do with the money if they would win and this were some of their answers: "I would probably buy car parts", "it's a lot of money" and " I would pay some bills but also it would be nice for gifts as well, so you know that's what I would do." This is the fourth Powerball jackpot to reach more than half a billion dollars this year, according to Powerball.
A ticket in California won the last Powerball jackpot, $1.765 billion, in October. Tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
