Just think about what you could buy with cash! ET drawing) but you may want to get them early just in case. ET Saturday to get your tickets (most retailers cut off sales an hour before the 10:59 p.m. It's only the second time in the game's history that the Powerball jackpot has hit $1 billion or more and officially marks the largest jackpot in U.S. The Powerball jackpot has now climbed to a world-record $1.6 billion ($782 million cash), according to lottery officials, and could even top that by the time Saturday's drawing rolls around.
