(WWJ) Did you get your ticket yet?
There's a $625 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs this Saturday, with a not too shabby cash option worth around $381 million.
Players may buy $2 Powerball tickets for the drawing at Lottery retailers throughout the state and online at MichiganLottery.com until 9:45 p.m. the day of the drawing. A "Power Play" option that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times to a maximum of $2 million may be added to any Powerball play for $1.
If a Michigan player wins Saturday's jackpot, it would be the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state, according to officials with the Michigan Lottery.
So who has won big in our state? On Aug. 15, 2012, Donald Lawson, of Lapeer, won a $337 million Powerball jackpot, holding the record for the largest Lottery prize ever won in Michigan. The last Michigan player to win the Powerball jackpot was Julie Leach of Three Rivers, who won the game's $310.5 million jackpot on Sept. 30, 2015.
Remember, about 97 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to vendors and retailers. In 2018, the Lottery provided more than $941.3 million for Michigan's public schools.
Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Drawings take place at 10:59 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Tune to WWJ Newsradio 950 to hear the numbers or watch the drawing live online at powerball.com.
