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Saturday's $700M Powerball largest in history

Posted at 9:41 AM, Jan 07, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-07 12:44:46-05

If you ever dreamt of winning the lottery, dream a little more and a little bigger.

No one won Wednesday's drawing which boasted a jackpot of $500 million.

The next drawing is Saturday and the jackpot has jumped to $700 million, the largest ever in U.S. history.

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The cash option would be a whopping $428.4 million, officials announced Thursday.

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