At $835 million, tonight’s Powerball is among the top 10 jackpots in the game’s history

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A lucky player could win an estimated $835 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing and secure the game’s second largest prize of the year.

Wednesday’s grand prize, which could also be paid in the United States as a one lump-sum payment of $357.9 million before taxes, trails the $1.04 billion prize won in Illinois in August, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association , which runs Powerball.

While Wednesday’s potential winnings total less than a billion dollars, the jackpot would rank as the tenth largest in Powerball history if won.

The biggest Powerball jackpot of all time is $2.04 billion won in California in 2022.

The current jackpot is also the first one fully built by players on either side of the Atlantic.

Powerball sales expanded to the United Kingdom in July, but this is the first time British players have been able to buy tickets from the beginning of the multi-drawing stretch.

“By expanding the player base internationally, Powerball jackpots are expected to grow faster, creating bigger prize opportunities for players – without altering the game’s $2 ticket price or jackpot odds,” Multi-State Lottery Association said in a July news release .

Should there be a winner in the UK, they will be paid over 30 years rather than a lump-sum cash option.

The drawing is set for Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. ET. The odds of winning Powerball’s jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million .

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一位幸运的彩民有望在周三的强力球彩票开奖中赢得约 8.35 亿美元的奖金，这将是该彩票今年第二高的奖金。

据运营强力球彩票的多州彩票协会称，周三的头奖奖金也可以在美国一次性支付，税前金额为 3.579 亿美元，低于 8 月份在伊利诺伊州开出的 10.4 亿美元奖金。

虽然周三的潜在奖金总额不到十亿美元，但如果中奖，这笔奖金将成为强力球历史上第十大奖金。

史上最大的强力球奖金是 2022 年在加利福尼亚州开出的 20.4 亿美元。

目前的奖金池也是第一个完全由大西洋两岸玩家共同创造的奖金池。

强力球彩票于 7 月在英国开始销售，但这是英国彩民首次能够从多期开奖之初就购买彩票。

“通过扩大国际玩家群体，强力球奖金有望增长更快，为玩家创造更大的赢奖机会——而不会改变游戏 2 美元的彩票价格或中奖概率，”多州彩票协会在 7 月份的新闻稿中表示。

如果英国出现获胜者，他们将在 30 年内分期获得奖金，而不是一次性获得现金。

开奖时间为美国东部时间周三晚上10点59分。赢得强力球头奖的概率为2.922亿分之一。