New York Daily News

Powerball pot soars to $700M

- Denis Slattery With News Wire Services

NOW THAT’S a jackpot.

The winning Powerball numbers on Wednesday could make someone $700 million richer.

The jackpot is the second largest in U.S. history.

Lottery officials jacked up the expected jackpot Tuesday, pushing it past a $656 million Mega Millions haul won by three people in 2012.

The odds of winning Wednesday’s jackpot is 1 in 292.2 million.

No one has picked the lucky numbers in a Powerball drawing since June 10 — sending the prize money into the stratosphe­re.

Despite the head-spinning numbers, the prize remains far less than the record $1.6 billion prize won by three people in January 2016.

The cash option on Wednesday’s winnings would be $443.3 million. Powerball is played in 44 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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