Powerball jackpot at $425M

By Associated Press Published: Nov 25, 2012 at 12:53 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 26, 2012 at 7:17 AM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.

Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said sales were strong over the holiday week for Saturday's drawing, which was estimated at $325 million before the numbers were picked. That was the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

Neubauer says the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing could go even higher than the estimated $425 million because sales pick up in the days before record drawings.

The previous top Powerball prize was $365 million, won in 2006 by a ConAgra Foods Workers in Lincoln, Neb. The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34.

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davey2oit

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spending 10 minutes a week living the fantasy, is worth the 10 dollars i spend when its this high :)

FreedomRocks

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Â @davey2oit Ha ha ya I have only bought about 20 tickets in the entire Oregon lotto history and always when really high like this. I have to agree it is fun to think what you would do. One time was a group of 10 of us at a company I worked at. We had fun talking about how we would tell the boss we quit if we all won...

In the mean time I am waiting to get struck by lightning 3 times on the same day and time every year for the next 3 years since that is more likely to occur then winning:)

noneofyourbizzness

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I do realize at this point it's a waste of a dollar bill to buy a ticket but it will provide a fun little fantasy until someone in the Midwest wins it.