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Players flock to Powerball’s $1.4 billion

Saturday night’s Powerball jackpot is the third largest jackpot in the game’s history and the fifth largest in U.S. lottery history.

This is the 29th draw in the current jackpot run. It was last hit July 19 for $1.08 billion in California.

Beginning Sunday, Sept. 10, Mississippi Match 5 moves to daily drawings, joining the Cash 3, Cash 4 and Cash Pop evening drawings.

It is now the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.

If a player wins Friday’s jackpot, it will be the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.

The Powerball jackpot was last hit in the April 19 drawing for a win of $252.6 million in Ohio.

The Powerball jackpot was last hit in the April 19 drawing for a win of $252.6 million in Ohio.

One winner hit the Mississippi Match 5 jackpot Saturday night and back-to-back triples were randomly drawn in Cash 3.

A Mississippi Match 5 player hit a $70,966.87 jackpot by matching all five numbers in the Tuesday, March 7 drawing.

The jackpot for the Thursday, Feb. 9, Match 5 drawing has reset to an estimated $50,000.