Powerball Jackpot At $270 Million For Next Drawing

The jackpot in the Powerball game is headed toward record territory with an annuity of $270 million for Saturday's drawing.

There has been no Powerball winner since March 23 when a ticket worth $338 million was sold in Passaic to Pedro Quezada,

A ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey from Wednesday night's drawing for matching all the numbers drawn except for the powerball number. The numbers pulled Wednesday night were 21, 22,26,30 and 57 with a powerball of 27.

The jackpot could grow depending on the number of players for the next drawing.

Your odds of winning are the $270 million jackpot with a cash value of $175.8 million are 1 in 175,223,510 according to the Powerball website. There’s a 1 in 31.85 chance that a ticket holder could win something else including the smallest prize of $4.

The largest lottery jackpot ever offered was last March’s Mega Millions $656 million which was won by 3 ticket holders.