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        Americans Dream of Riches as Powerball Lottery Hits $600 Million

   Millions of Americans lined up Saturday for a chance to have their
   dreams come true.
   Saturday night`s Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical
   $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time
   the numbers are drawn.
   Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white
   balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red
   balls.
   Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those
   buying tickets say it is worth the $2 per play just to fantasize about
   what they would do with the money.
   If no one wins Saturday`s drawing, Wednesday night`s Powerball game
   could be worth nearly $1 billion.
   The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was a $656 million prize
   split among three winners last year. The world`s biggest lottery is
   Spain`s El Gordo, which divided $3 billion among thousands of winners
   last year.
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