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Powerball jackpot crosses $300 million

Win the money and you would afford a Lamborghini, toys and a National Hockey League team.

The New York Lottery said that brisk sales ahead of Saturday's Powerball drawing has pushed the jackpot to $317 million.

It's the eighth-largest jackpot in the game's 20-year history. The largest Powerball jackpot to date was $590.5 million, won in Florida in May 2012.

What could you do with $317 million?

Some possibilities:


Anyway, enough daydreaming. Good luck on Saturday.


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