(Undated) Lottery fever is growing ahead of tonight’s big Powerball drawing.
Nobody matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s lottery jackpot drawing of $1.5 billion, so tonight’s drawing is going to be worth an estimated $1.6 billion, making it the fifth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever. Whoever wins the grand prize can choose to receive the full amount in thirty installments or take the cash option of $735 million.
Meanwhile, a lottery player is a million dollars richer on a Powerball ticket on Saturday. While no one hit the massive billion-dollar jackpot, a Kwik Star store in Vinton sold a ticket that matched all five white balls and just missed the Powerball number.
