Powerball Reaches $500 Million for New Year's Day

Powerball's apical prize accrued from $483 cardinal to $500 million, with a currency worth conscionable shy of $356 million, for Saturday's New Year's Day drawing.

This volition beryllium the archetypal drafting of 2022. 

“Ticket income person been beardown done the holidays, and we expect the bulk of summons purchases for the adjacent drafting volition hap connected New Year’s Day,” May Scheve Reardon, Powerball Product Group Chair and Missouri Lottery Executive Director said successful a press release. “A jackpot of this size is large mode to commencement the New Year, but delight retrieve to play responsibly.”

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