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Drawing Tonight for Massive $320 Million Powerball Jackpot
Last August, a Lakeville gas station sold a winning Powerball lottery ticket to a Burnsville man. That jackpot: $229 million.
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"Could it happen to me?"
That's the rhetorical notion that most people think when they plop down some cash to try and win a Powerball jackpot.
However, since a Lakeville station , the question has changed to, "Could it happen again?"
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Well, with the estimated Powerball jackpot up to an astounding $320 million, more and more folks seem to be answering that question with approval. "Yes. Yes it can happen again. This time to me."
Over the years, Minnesota has been home to 21 jackpot-winning tickets since the game began in 1992.
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Tips for buying a Powerball ticket:
- Powerball tickets cost $2 these days.
- The machines that issue tickets close between midnight and 5 a.m.
- Sales stop one hour before the national drawing.
- Drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. central time.
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