A Powerball drawing will be held for what would be second highest lottery jackpot on record: an estimated $1.8 billion.

The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing soared to an estimated $1.8 billion, the second-biggest ever, after no one won Wednesday's $1.4 billion drawing.

The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.44 billion for the Wednesday, Sept. 3, drawing after no one won the grand prize on Monday, Sept. 1.

If someone wins the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot there’s a good chance the public will find out little or nothing about the person.

Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, is the sole winner of $2.04 billion Powerball drawing in November 2022. He opted for lump sum of $997.6 million.

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The CBS News data team looked into Powerball data to see where winners take home the most and least, how often numbers are drawn, and the timing and size of every jackpot so far this year. Here's how the numbers break down:

A billion-dollar jackpot is up for grabs in this weekend's Powerball drawing. See the 18 states where a winner could remain anonymous.

Wednesday's Powerball jackpot has reached $1.4 billion, but how does that compare to other lottery prizes? And how much will the winner actually take home?

Winners can choose between 30 annual payments or a one-time lump sum reflecting the jackpot's current cash value. But then comes the taxes.

As with pretty much all lotteries, the chances of winning the current Powerball remain astronomically small − about 1 in 292.2 million. For context, you're more likely to get attacked by a shark, struck by lightning or killed by a vending machine.