(NEXSTAR) – The winning numbers are in for Saturday night's $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot and it's time to check your tickets.

If your ticket reads 61, 23, 62, 44, 11 and a Powerball of 17, you just got a whole lot richer.

This lottery jackpot became the second-largest in U.S. history Friday morning when the pot grew to $1.8 billion. The only time it has been larger was in November 2022, when an extremely lucky person in California won the $2.04 billion prize.

The lottery prize gets bigger every time there are no exact matches, and Saturday night's drawing came after 41 draws with no jackpot winner. It may still be a few hours until we know if someone – or several people – won big this time.

How much a winner takes home depends on a few key factors. First off, if there are multiple pe

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