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Q&A: A look at $1.9B Powerball jackpot, how it grew so large

The display for the value of the jackpot flickers as it climbs as Della Reminar sells tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at a convenience store in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Crystal Baptiste hands a ticket to a customer for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) The display panel advertising the tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, are shown at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) The display panel advertising the tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, are shown at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) A customer's tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, is shown on the counter at a convenience store Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) A display that only shows three digits, in millions, is maxed out at $999 million, despite the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, is seen through the window where tickets are sold at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) A customer, left, recieves his purchase of Power Ball lottery tickets at a midtown subway newsstand, Monday Nov. 7, 2022, in New York. The jackpot is now at $1.9 billion for today's drawing, after there were no winning tickets sold for last Saturday's drawing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) A customer counts change to purchase Power Ball lottery tickets at a midtown subway newsstand, Monday Nov. 7, 2022, in New York. The jackpot is now at $1.9 billion for today's drawing, after there were no winning tickets sold for last Saturday's drawing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Hector Solis holds up lottery tickets purchased with his co-workers for the Saturday drawing of the Powerball lottery at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) People line up to purchase lottery tickets for the Saturday drawing of the Powerball lottery at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)