A retailer holds a Powerball lottery ticket at a store in Decatur, Georgia, on Friday, May 17. The multistate Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
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Lottery tickets are on display at a store in New York on Thursday, May 16. The Powerball jackpot marks the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The largest was $656 million in the Mega Millions game in March 2012.
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A customer purchases Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets in Decatur on May 17. The Powerball game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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A lottery retailer pulls a Powerball ticket from the printer in Decatur on May 17. A single ticket costs $2.
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A woman buys a ticket near a sign for the Powerball lottery in New York on May 16. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175 million.
