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Winning Powerball Numbers For Wednesday Jan 3: $460M Jackpot

Even if you were to take the cash payout option as most winners do, it will amount to nearly $300M —​ enough to pay off those holiday bills.

AUSTIN, TX — The Powerball jackpot has reached the mind-blowing level of nearly half-a-billion dollars.

Wednesday night's jackpot has reached a ginormous $460 million, with a cash payout of about $291 million. Earlier today, the winning numbers were drawn. Without further ado, here are the winning numbers for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018: 2-18-37-39-42 and Powerball 12.

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We hope you were able to beat the 292-million-to-one (or thereabouts) odds of winning this massive pile of cash. If you have, don't forget the little people and stay humble.

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