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The Powerball jackpot continues to rise - to $700 million. Video by Hillard Grossman, FLORIDA TODAY Posted Aug. 18, 2017   

It snapped a string of 20 consecutive draws without a Powerball jackpot winner. The Massachusetts state lottery confirmed the winning ticket on Twitter.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $700 million.   

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Three lucky Florida players matched the first five numbers for a $1 million prize.

Twenty-four others won $50,000 each by matching 4 numbers plus the Powerball, while four winners collected $200,000 each by buying the multiplier. 

Here are the winning numbers drawn Wednesday:

6-7-16-23-26 with a Powerball of 4

(Multiplier was 4x)

It is the second-largest Powerball payout in history (behind a $1.58 billion payout in 2016, shared by three winners including a Melbourne Beach, Fla., couple) and just $6 million less than the all-time high Mega Millions payout in 2012. 

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According to a story last year on Business Insider, there are a total of 292,201,338 possible Powerball combinations. So, at $2 a ticket, it would cost someone $584,402,676 to buy every possible combination. 

Of course, having to split the jackpot, say with four others who tried the same method, and you'd be coming up short. And, there are taxes to worry about, too.

There have been two other Powerball jackpots of at least $430 million this year.

A jackpot in June reached $448 million, while another in February was worth $435 million.

The jackpot for Saturday's drawing drops to a mere $40 million.

The odds of winning the Powerball: 1 in 292,201,338.00.

The overall odds of winning any prize from a $2 ticket are 1 in 24.87.