January 6, 2016

POWERBALL® Jackpot Drawing Climbs to $500 Million

The Delaware Lottery Encourages Players to Play Responsibly

(DOVER, DE) — Wednesday night’s POWERBALL® has reached an estimated annuity jackpot of $500 million—the fourth-largest in POWERBALL® history, and the sixth-largest in the U.S., according to Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) officials.

The current jackpot has been climbing for 18 weeks, since the most recent POWERBALL® grand prize winner on November 4, 2015. If the $500 million jackpot is won this Wednesday, the winner could opt for a cash option payout of $306 million.

“The Delaware Lottery strongly encourages players to play responsibly and to spend only what they can personally afford,” said Vernon Kirk, Director, Delaware Lottery. “Joining a pool with a few friends or coworkers offers a good option for playing responsibly.”

The Delaware Lottery joins other lotteries across the country in support of responsible play by emphasizing that the odds of winning a POWERBALL® jackpot prize are 1 in 292 million. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 25. Nationally, POWERBALL® has produced 316 second-tier winners of $1 million or $2 million in the past year.

POWERBALL® tickets sell for $2 per game, and with the Power Play® option POWERBALL® costs $3 per game.

About the Delaware Lottery

Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware Lottery has contributed more than $4.5 billion to the state’s General Fund to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL®, MEGA MILLIONS®, HOT LOTTO®, MULTI-WIN LOTTO, LUCKY FOR LIFE™, PLAY 3, PLAY 4, Keno, iGaming and assorted Instant Games, Video Lottery, Sports Lottery, and Table Games. Delaware Lottery game and promotional details are available at www.delottery.com, at licensed locations and from the Lottery’s office in Dover.

About POWERBALL®

POWERBALL® drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, 9:59 p.m. Central Time, 8:59 p.m. Mountain Time and 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. For more information about POWERBALL® please visit www.powerball.com.

The 47 U.S. lotteries where POWERBALL® is available are: Arizona Lottery, Arkansas Lottery, California Lottery, Colorado Lottery, Connecticut Lottery Corporation, D.C. Lottery & CGCB, Delaware State Lottery, Florida Lottery, Georgia Lottery Corporation, Hoosier Lottery, Idaho Lottery, Illinois Lottery, Iowa Lottery, Kansas Lottery, Kentucky Lottery Corporation, Loteria Electronica de Puerto Rico, Louisiana Lottery Corporation, Maine Lottery, Maryland Lottery, Massachusetts Lottery, Michigan Lottery, Minnesota State Lottery, Missouri Lottery, Montana Lottery, Nebraska Lottery, New Hampshire Lottery Commission, New Jersey Lottery, New Mexico Lottery Authority, New York Lottery, North Carolina Education Lottery, North Dakota Lottery, Ohio Lottery, Oklahoma Lottery, Oregon Lottery, Pennsylvania Lottery, Rhode Island Lottery, South Carolina Education Lottery, South Dakota Lottery, Tennessee Education Lottery, Texas Lottery, U.S. Virgin Islands Lottery, Vermont Lottery, Virginia Lottery, Washington Lottery, Wisconsin Lottery, Wyoming Lottery, and the West Virginia Lottery. POWERBALL® is owned by the Multi-State Lottery Association, which is a government-benefit, nonprofit association owned and operated by 37 member lotteries.

POWERBALL® and Power Play® are registered trademarks of the Multi-State Lottery Association.

Winner privacy is our policy.
The Delaware Lottery publishes winner names only with their consent.

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