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Powerball Lottery Winning Numbers Sat., Jan. 9, 2016
$900 million is up for grabs in the largest Powerball jackpot in history. Here are the winning numbers.

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now up to $900 million, the record for the largest lottery payout in U.S. history.
Saturday’s Powerball lottery drawing time is scheduled for 10:59 p.m. ET.
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- 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball is 13.
The cash payout alone is an estimated $558 million.
A statistics professor at Metropolitan State University in Colorado calculates the odds of winning at about 1 in 292.2 million.
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So, what if you only match a few numbers, what do you win? Here’s the deal:
- Match 5 numbers and the Powerball number = Jackpot
- Match 5 numbers, not including the Powerball number = $1 million dollars
- Match 4 numbers and the Powerball number = $10,000
- Match 4 numbers, not including the Powerball number = $100
- Match 3 numbers and the Powerball number = $100
- Match 3 numbers, not including the Powerball number = $7
- Match 2 numbers and the Powerball number = $7
- Match 1 number and the Powerball number = $4
- Match only the Powerball number = $4
So what should you do if you win the lottery? Alexa von Tobel, CEO of the online financial planning website LearnVest, offered a few tips to Patch from a financial planning standpoint.
Sign the ticket: The most important step ensures you claim the ticket as your own.
Maintain anonymity: In many states, von Tobel says, you have a whole year to claim the prize.
Assemble a financial planning team: “You must decide whether including whether to take a lump sum or an annuity,” she said. “There are many pros and cons to weigh: including estate taxes, how much money you’ll ultimately make, whether you’ll be able to handle it all at once, etc.”
Wait six months before making any major decisions: “It’s all too easy to blow through those millions,” von Tobel said. “In fact, according to a 2015 study by the Camelot Group, 44 percent of winners spend their entire winnings within five years.”
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