Saturday's Powerball jackpot will be the highest in the game's history at $1.6 billion, likely to prompt a surge of new players with dreams of becoming an overnight billionaire.
Nobody has picked the winning numbers since August, which means the jackpot has increased to a record-breaking $1.6 billion prize, with a cash value of $782.4 million, according to the organizing body that operates the Powerball.
The last record was set in January 2016, when winners in California, Florida and Tennessee split the jackpot of $1.58 billion. Last year, a California player won nearly $700 million, said the Multi-State Lottery Association in a press release Friday. The most recent Powerball winner purchased their ticket in August, winning $202 million in the state of Pennsylvania.
