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Powerball lottery numbers released, jackpot $900 million

Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery tickets from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million. With ticket sales doubling previous records, the odds are growing that someone will win Saturday’s record jackpot, but if no one wins the top prize, next week’s drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion.
Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery tickets from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million. With ticket sales doubling previous records, the odds are growing that someone will win Saturday’s record jackpot, but if no one wins the top prize, next week’s drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion. AP

The winning numbers for the record $900 million Powerball jackpot are 32-16-19-57-34 and Powerball number 13.

The Multi-State Lottery Association announced the numbers live on television and on its website Saturday.

To win the jackpot, a ticket must have all six numbers correct. The first five can be in any order but the sixth must be the Powerball number.

The odds to win are one in 292.2 million.

If no one wins, lottery officials expect the next drawing to be $1.3 billion.

Powerball is played in 44 states including South Carolina and North Carolina, the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The jackpot, jumped to $900 million as Powerball lottery officials predicted more than $400 million in ticket sales on Saturday alone.

Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery and president of the multistate Powerball Lottery, says officials tallied $352 million in ticket sales on Friday.

If there's no winner Saturday night, the jackpot rolls to an estimated $1.3 billion.

Grief says the chances of no one hitting all five initial numbers and the Powerball number is growing slim because by the time sales closed Saturday night, officials estimate around 75 percent of all possible combinations "will have been wagered on."

A ticket cost $2.

This story was originally published January 9, 2016 at 11:19 PM with the headline "Powerball lottery numbers released, jackpot $900 million."

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