DES MOINES, Iowa, May 6 (UPI) -- Multi-state lottery officials expect to sell 56 million tickets for Saturday night's $205 million Powerball drawing, the game's sixth largest jackpot.
The odds of a single ticket winning the grand prize are 1 in 20 million. Winners must pick five of 53 white balls and 1 of 42 Powerballs.
A single winner of the $205 million prize on May 8 would collect $107.3 million in cash or 30 payments of $6.8 million a year over 29 years, officials said.
More than 56 million tickets may be sold for the drawing Saturday.
The Powerball grand prize has rolled over 15 times since St. Patrick's Day March 17, the second time the jackpot has reached $200 million in five months.
Powerball is played in 26 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Maine begins sales this summer.
