The Brief

DES MOINES, Iowa - A record-breaking $1.4 billion lottery jackpot will be at stake Wednesday night after dozens of drawings have passed without a top winner.

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The massive Powerball prize is the sixth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot. It's a result of 40 consecutive drawings stretching over the summer without anyone matching all of the game's six numbers.

The backstory:

No one has won the grand prize since May 31, and the 41st drawing on Wednesday will be just one fewer than the record set last year.

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All of that losing stems from Powerball's abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million, though lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game's many smaller prizes. There are thre

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