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Powerball Jackpot Grows To $177 Million
Nobody matched the winning numbers on Wednesday, Nov. 29, pushing the prize up further for this Saturday's drawing.

AUSTIN, TX — The winning Powerball jackpot number for Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, are: 24-26-28-59-63 and red ball 16.
Thing is, nobody matched all of the numbers. What that means is that the prize for the next drawing scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, will be for a whopping $177 million. The cash option on that puppy will be $111.9 million.
Powerball tickets cost $2 each. The game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize digits are rather astronomical: We're talking one in 292,201,338.
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But, hey, you gotta be in it to win it, right? Check back on this story come Saturday, when we'll have the winning numbers for that drawing. See you this weekend!
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