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Twenty-seven years ago nowadays, Lyle and Dianne Fleharty of Hastings hit a $50.1 million lottery jackpot — the 1st Powerball jackpot won in Nebraska.

Basically, it’s either $1.five billion or $930 million, based on how you pick out to take your winnings.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Dreams of winning it major are pushing the Powerball jackpot even larger for Wednesday's drawing.

Nonetheless, if you opt for the annuity choice, the payments would come to you more than numerous decades, and so would their tax bill.

The value of a Powerball ticket elevated to $two ($three which includes Energy Play) in January 2012.

The odds of matching all five white balls in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 11.six million.

Although no 1 across the nation hit Wednesday’s $580.8 million jackpot on Wednesday, eight second prize tickets have been purchased that matched five numbers, but not the Powerball.

A winning Powerball ticket worth about $731 million was sold in Lonaconing, a small town in Western Maryland's Allegany County.