LANSING, MI (WTVB) – There is $625 million up for grabs in Saturday’s Powerball jackpot. The cash option for the jackpot is about $381 million.
If a Michigan player wins Saturday’s $625 million jackpot, it would be the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state. On Aug. 15, 2012, Donald Lawson, of Lapeer, won a $337 million Powerball jackpot. Lawson’s jackpot holds the record for the largest Lottery prize ever won in Michigan.
The last Michigan player to win the Powerball jackpot was Julie Leach, of Three Rivers. Leach won the game’s $310.5 million jackpot on Sept. 30, 2015.
The next Powerball drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. Saturday and may be watched live online at: http://www.powerball.com.
Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
