Powerball's advertised $1.4 billion jackpot for Wednesday's drawing would be the sixth-largest prize in American lotto history. Expect more big paydays like this: Lottery prizes are predicted to soar even higher.

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The next Powerball winner (or winners) will be the 13th to claim a U.S. lottery prize with a stated value of more than $1 billion. The first billion-dollar prize was won in 2016, and there have been 11 prizes worth more than $1 billion since 2021.

That's because the respective organizers of Powerball and its rival, Mega Millions, have discovered that the way to get Americans rushing to buy tickets is to get the jackpots up above $1 billion. And they'

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