$550 million Powerball jackpot continues to grow ahead of drawing

There's also "cross-selling" of Powerball and Mega Millions tickets -- states being able to sell both Powerball tickets and Mega Millions tickets -- that began in January 2010. As a result, large jackpots will continue to surpass all-time jackpotUPDATE: As predicted, Powerball gigantic jackpot has been made even bigger. As of Thursday afternoon, it was up to $550 million for the annuity, $350.1 million for the cash. Nobody hit the $360 million jackpot on Wednesday night, so overnight the topThe Powerball jackpot has soared to about $550 million before Saturday's drawing after no tickets matched the winning numbers of Wednesday's drawing. Rival Mega Millions' grand prize, at $190 million, could climb higher before Friday's drawing. NoNope, you didn't win. There was no Powerball winner in Wednesday night's drawing for the $360 million jackpot,

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