The Powerball lottery was at a record high of $800 million on Friday, and the jackpot could get far richer.
Before the next drawing on Saturday night, experts say the Powerball could top $1 billion.
"We could be on the verge of creating the first lottery billionaire," Gordon Medenica, director of the Maryland Lottery, told The Washington Post .
The odds of winning this pot, which so far comes out to $496 million before taxes, are 1 in 292 million.
The previous lottery record was a $656 million Mega Millions payout in 2012, according to CNN Money .
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