The Powerball jackpot just hit $900 million

A man buys a Powerball ticket in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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.

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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.