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Powerball Jackpot Hits $448 Million as Winning Numbers Announced

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The $448 million Powerball jackpot was drawn Wednesday night at 10:59 p.m. ET.

The numbers were 05, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32. No winner has been announced yet. However, if there is no winner, the jackpot could skyrocket even higher.

Just before the Wednesday night drawing, Powerball officials announced that the jackpot had increased from $425 million to $448 million.  

This jackpot started as a $40 million prize on June 26 and is the result of 12 draws without a jackpot winner.

The jackpot is the current largest jackpot available and the third largest jackpot in history for any lottery game.

The biggest jackpot in American history was $656 million, divided among three winners last year in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland, according to NBC News. That was a Mega Millions win, which is also played in 43 states.

The largest Powerball payout was in May, when an 84-year-old Florida widow named Gloria McKenzie hit the $590 million jackpot.

In November 2012, winners in Missouri and Arizona split a $587 million Powerball prize.

Powerball is played in 43 states plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Odds of winning the jackpot prize are one in 175,223,510, and overall odds of winning any prize are one in 32.

Earlier this year, the Powerball jackpot reached a record $600 million.

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