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Powerball jackpot up to $320 million

Mar 21, 2013, 2:49 PM | Updated: 3:00 pm

There were no winners in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing which means the jackpot is now u...

There were no winners in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing which means the jackpot is now up to $320 million. (AP Photo/file)

(AP Photo/file)

There were no winners in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing which means the jackpot is now up to $320 million.

Arlen Harris with Washington’s Lottery says with the jackpot is so high, people should forget that the odds aren’t in your favor.

“The odds of picking a perfect bracket in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are 1 in 9.2 quintillion, and the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 175 million,” said Harris. “So the odds of winning this are much better than getting a perfect bracket.”

One person in Washington did win $10,000 in Wednesday’s drawing but the prize hasn’t been claimed. There were no million dollar winners so the pot grows.

The next Powerball drawing will take place this Saturday at 8 p.m.

KIRO Radio Editor Seth Keller contributed to this report.

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