Powerball jackpot rises to $590 million
The Powerball jackpot has increased to $590 million for this Saturday’s drawing.
It has a cash value of $304.8 million.
The jackpot rose from $557 million after no one matched all six numbers during Wednesday’s drawing.
The last Powerball jackpot was won by an Auburn, Wash., resident on March 3 for $754.6 million. The last time a Pennsylvania resident won the jackpot was in March 2018. It went for $456.7 million.
The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. on Saturday.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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