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Saturday's Powerball Jackpot Reaches $550 Million

What would you do with $550 million dollars?

That’s the jackpot for the Saturday night drawing of Powerball, the newest game from the California Lottery.

With the introduction of Powerball to the state on April 8th, California becomes the 43rd state to to sell tickets.

In the history of Powerball, the highest jackpot reached $587.5 million, making this Saturday’s jackpot the second highest. According to the CA Lottery, the Powerball jackpot could get even higher before the drawing. Just a year ago, the Mega Millions jackpot reached $656 million. 

Think you could win? Consider playing at some of these Palo Alto locations:

7 Eleven, 401 Waverley St.
A 1 Liquor, 3866 El Camino Real
Century Liquors, 2121 Saint Francis Dr. 
Safeway, 2811 Middlefield Rd.



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