Following the largest lottery jackpot ever in North America, the "other" multi-state lottery has been building an impressive jackpot of its own. Powerball, which is played in twenty-nine states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and District of Columbia, now has an accumulated jackpot worth $165 million following Saturday's draw. The jackpot has been accumulating since late January, shortly following the tenth largest jackpot ever won in the world - a $254 million jackpot won by a family in Missouri.

In the last couple of weeks, Powerball went slightly under the radar, or, at least was being out-staged by the Mega Millions lottery, which had been rolling over for nearly two months to amass a jackpot over $400,000 million. However, now Powerball is back in the stage light, and will likely see an increase in ticket sales for its next draw on Wednesday night. Although nobody won the top prize for the last drawing, one ticket buyer earned $1 million in cash for hitting the Power Play option, while five other players won $200,000 each for getting five correct numbers, minus the Powerball.

Overall, a total of $8.6 million was awarded to nearly 790,000 players on Saturday night, and nearly $35 million in tickets were bought by players between Thursday and Saturday. As for the Powerball option, which multiplies winnings 2-5 times (depending on how much the player puts down and the number of correctly matched numbers), over 122,000 players multiplied their winnings by five times. Thirty eight players won $10,000 cash with four correct numbers, while nine players won $50,000 with the five-times Power Play option.