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UPDATE: In Powerball Jackpot, The Winning Numbers Are…?

If there's a winner, or winners, this time, they will reap the fourth-largest jackpot ever.

Updated 11:55 p.m. Wednesday: The winning Powerball numbers in the estimated $320 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night are: 6-27-46-51-56 — and the Powerball number is 21. Good Luck!

Original story: Feeling lucky? Super-duper lucky?

After a series of rollovers caused by lack of a winning ticket, tonight's multi-state Powerball drawing, estimated at $320 million, is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot ever, S.C. Education Lottery officials said.

The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. tonight. Haven't bought a ticket yet? There's still time. Sales typically stop 59 minutes before the local drawing time, which in South Carolina would be 10 p.m.

The winner can elect to take a cash option of $213 million, the largest cash option in the game's history, according to lottery officials. 

According to a report issued by Powerball, the adjusted jackpot is an indication that Powerball players across the nation are feeling the excitement. It was three years ago this month that the South Carolina Education Lottery sold its last jackpot winning ticket worth $259 million to Solomon Jackson Jr. of Columbia.

“We hope the jackpot run ends right here in South Carolina,” said Executive Director Paula Harper Bethea in a release. “With increased participation, I want to urge everyone to please play responsibly.”

You'll need more than some good luck to win, though. The odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 176 million. 

Although no one hit all six winning numbers — 4, 13, 39, 46, 51 and 1 as the Powerball — this past Saturday, five tickets won $1 million because they matched five of six winning numbers. Those tickets were sold in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The drawing is held in 42 states and the District of Columbia.

The top prize ever in Powerball was $356 million, won in 2006 by eight workers at a ConAgra meatpacking plant in Nebraska.

Patch readers across the state can watch the Powerball drawing on these local TV stations:

Find out what's happening in Mauldinfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • WHNS (Fox) — Upstate
  • WLTX (CBS) — Midlands
  • WCSC (CBS) — Lowcountry 

Note: If you miss tonight's drawing, check back here with Patch for the winning numbers, which will be posted immediately after the drawing. 

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