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Powerball jackpot rolls over to world record $1.3 billion lottery rollover

A $1.3 billion (£895 million) rollover jackpot for US Powerball lottery needs a winner AP America awaits its first lottery billionaire, after the Powerball jackpot rollover hit a world-record figure of $1.3 billion (£895.4 million). No one won Saturday's $949.8 million (£654.2 million) jackpot on 9 January, already the biggest in US history. Strong ticket sales, fuelled by excitement over the enormous sum, have driven the prize money up ahead of the next draw on Wednesday. Entrants in California were spending $2.8 million (£1.9 million) an hour on $2 ticke