“Whether it’s your first time buying a ticket or you’re a frequent player, please remember to sign your ticket and reach out to your local lottery if you win the jackpot. “A billion-dollar Powerball jackpot attracts a lot of new players to the game, and we anticipate the majority of ticket sales for tonight’s drawing will occur this afternoon and evening,” said Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director. The run-up to tonight’s drawing marks the first time in Powerball game history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The estimated jackpot is Powerball’s largest prize so far this year, just ahead of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot won in California on July 19. The jackpot has a cash value of $551.7 million. Players will have the chance tonight to play for the third-largest Powerball® jackpot! The Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1.2 billion.
