The Powerball jackpot just hit $900 million
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The Powerball jackpot hit $900 million Saturday morning, The Associated Press reports, a $400 million jump since Wednesday, when no one won.
The drawing is set for 10:59 p.m. ET. Want to enter but don't want to bombard your statistician friend with embarrassing questions about your odds? We've got you covered.
If no one takes home the cash tonight, officials expect the jackpot to climb to $1.3 billion.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
