INDIANAPOLIS -- Lottery fever is growing and so is the Powerball jackpot.
As of noon Wednesday, the jackpot stands at $500 million.
So many people are buying tickets that there was a $50 million increase at midday for the second day in a row.
Hoosiers have a better chance at winning the Powerball than most.
According to the Hoosier Lottery, Indiana has the most Powerball jackpot wins at 38. The biggest Powerball jackpot won in the state was $314.5 million.
Many people who play the lottery have a system for choosing their numbers.
Here are some facts that may help you pick yours:
- The most commonly drawn numbers in Powerball history are 32 and 41. Both have appeared 193 times, or just over 10 percent of the time. At the current odds, every number has about a 7 percent chance of appearing in any given drawing.
- The most commonly drawn Powerball number is 20, which has appeared 63 times (3 percent).
Powerball has grown to more than $500 million only three other times. If there is a winner Wednesday night, the jackpot would be the fourth largest in Powerball history.
The last time Powerball jackpot was this large was in February 2015, when three winners split a $564.1 million prize.
The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday.
You can still win big without hitting the jackpot. Check out the graphic below for more information.
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