Powerball Lottery jackpot swells to estimated $250 million

MILWAUKEE -- The Powerball Lottery jackpot has swelled to an estimated $250 million for the drawing on Wednesday, November 21st.

Powerball is a combined large jackpot game which is played in 42 states. Every Wednesday and Saturday night at 9:59 p.m., five white balls are drawn from a drum with 59 balls and one red ball out of a drum with 35 red balls. 

The odds of winning the top prize in the Powerball lottery are 1 in 175,223,510. The second prize (won by matching five white balls in any order) is $1 million paid in cash. But you have a 1 in 55 chance of winning of $4.