Powerball jackpot grows to more than $400 million
The Powerball jackpot is on the upswing again, growing to more than $400 million on the Thanksgiving holiday.
The jackpot was an estimated $403 million Thursday after no winning numbers were selected in a Wednesday night drawing. The next drawing is scheduled Saturday night, and the jackpot could grow in the meantime.
The prize is on the brink of becoming one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history if it keeps rolling with no lucky winners. A record-setting $1.5 billion jackpot was reached in January.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The popular game is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In Kansas, about 50,000 tickets for the Holiday Millionaire Raffle are still available. Prizes in the grand prize drawing Jan. 3 include one $1 million prize, one $25,000 prize, five $5,000 prizes, five $1,000 prizes and 50 $100 prizes.
More information can be found at the Kansas Lottery website.
Contributing: Julie Mah of The Eagle
This story was originally published November 24, 2016 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Powerball jackpot grows to more than $400 million."