Saturday's Powerball jackpot will be the largest in U.S. history

A man hands a customer a Powerball ticket. — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Because no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $500 million, officials say Saturday's jackpot will shatter records to become the largest in U.S. history at an estimated $675 million.

The biggest jackpot ever was $590.5 million for the May 18, 2013, drawing, CBS Boston reports. A Powerball jackpot hasn't been won since Nov. 4, 2015, and Wednesday's jackpot was the biggest since players in North Carolina, Texas, and Puerto Rico split a $564.1 million prize last February. Wednesday's winning numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, and 63, with a Powerball of 17.

For those who want to try their luck — and aren't discouraged with the odds of winning being 1 in 292.2 million — Powerball tickets can be purchased in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.