Powerball's largest jackpot - a whopping $2.04bn (£1.76bn) - was won in November last year, while the previous highest total was $1.6bn (£1.3bn) in 2016.
The jackpot for the US Powerball has hit an estimated $900m - the third highest in the lottery's 30-year history.
The huge total was raised - from $875m - after no ticket matched the winning combination in Saturday night's draw. The Powerball jackpot was last won on 19 April for a top prize of nearly $253m , but since then, no one has claimed the grand prize in the past 37 consecutive draws.Powerball's largest jackpot - a whopping $2.04bn - was won in November last year, beating the previous highest total of $1.6bn in 2016.
The game's odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players, from across 45 states in the US, as well as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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