Powerball, Super Kansas Cash jackpots up this weekend

The weather is warming up, and so are the jackpots.

Any Kansas Lottery player who matches all numbers in the Super Kansas Cash drawing Saturday night will win or share a jackpot estimated at $1.225 million. In addition to the jackpot prize, there are eight other ways to win in Super Kansas Cash, and plays are two for $1 in this Kansas-only game.

Powerball continues to roll with a jackpot now approaching $300 million. Saturday’s drawing will be the 16th since the Powerball jackpot was hit in Delaware in mid-December. The estimated jackpot is $285 million, with a cash option of $172.5 million.

Winning and non-winning Powerball tickets purchased from Feb. 5 through March 29 are eligible for the Powerball Power Cruise promotion.

In other jackpot games, the Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $30 million, with a cash option of $18 million, for tonight; and the Hot Lotto jackpot is estimated at $3.89 million, with the lottery paying the initial income withholding taxes on the top prize.

– Story from the Kansas Lottery