Eric Chemi of CNBC – Wednesday’s Powerball payout is going to be well over $1 billion, so every single extra winner that shares in the pot could be worth a lot of money. Trying to cut out a few of them from the final stake will be worth millions to the eventual winner.
Powerball officials said the jackpot had grown to $1.3 billion after no one won when the numbers were drawn on Saturday evening just before 11 pm ET.