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A jackpot of $550 million is up for grabs to one lucky winner of the Powerball Lottery drawing.

 

The Powerball lottery drawing takes place Wednesday night at 9:59 p.m. Central Time. To find your nearest Illinois lottery retailer, click here.

ABC News reports lottery officials expect to sell more than 105,000 tickets every minute before the drawing. Despite the long odds for the big jackpot, the overall odds of winning a prize are considerably better at 1 in 55.

Since the last drawing on Nov. 24, the Powerball jackpot has grown by over $100 million to a record $550 million. The estimated cash payout is $360.2 million. The last set of winning numbers was drawn on Oct. 16.

The Winning Numbers are5, 23, 16, 22, 29 Powerball: 6

What would you do with $550 million? Let us know in the comments.

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Pat Cannon

3:41 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012

I would Hide as much as i can off shore, like Mitt Romney : )

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Nick Swedberg

3:48 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012

What ever happend to burying money in the backyard?

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