Next Powerball prize: $348 million after rollover

Hillard Grossman
Florida Today
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb.

UPDATE TO STORY: 

No one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, meaning the next drawing, on Wednesday night, March 7, will be worth an estimated $348 million.

That would be equal to a cash value of $207 million. 

It also would rank as the 16th-highest jackpot payout in Powerball history.

The numbers drawn Saturday night, March 3:

13-17-25-36-40 with a Powerball of 5 

(and a 2X multiplier)

The actual payout was worth $318.7 million, according to Powerball officials, down from the estimated $321 million.

One lucky Florida player matched the first five white balls, and with the 2X multiplier, the ticket was worth $2 million.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Saturday night's Powerball jackpot ranks as the 20th-highest in the nearly 26-year history of the game.

The jackpot has climbed to $321 million, or a cash value of slightly over $200 million.

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For Brevard County residents, the 321 image on Powerball machines this week could be a good omen since the area code here is 321. 

Powerball jackpot continues to rise.

Brevard's biggest all-time winners actually shared the world's largest jackpot, a three-way split of $1.586 billion on Jan. 13, 2016, claimed by Melbourne Beach residents David Kaltschmidt and Maureen Smith. 

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Can history repeat itself? Florida has produced 12 Powerball jackpot winners, or 3.3 percent of all jackpot wins, according to Powerball.net. Indiana leads the way with 39 wins (10.7 percent), followed by Missouri (31) and Minnesota (22).

In January of this year, a New Hampshire woman claimed the $559.7 million winning ticket, although she reportedly has filed a lawsuit to protect her anonymity before actually accepting the prize. 

The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. Saturday.

Powerball costs $2, with an extra dollar should you decide on the Powerplay option. 

Select five white ball numbers 1-69 and then a red Powerball 1-26.

According to statistics compiled by the Texas Lottery, the most common Powerball number drawn since Oct. 7, 2015 is 9 (15 times). The least common red ball: 14 (3 times).

The most common white balls during that span: 32 (31 times); 23, 28 and 69 (28 times each); and 64 (27 times). 

Your odds of winning the grand prize: 1 in 292,201,338.00.