Powerball tickets are selling at a rate of about 8,300 per-minute across the state.

The jackpot is up to $700 million or a $443 million cash payout.

-It costs $2 to play. Choose your own numbers or let the computer Quick Pick them.

-The televised drawing takes place at 11 p.m. in Tallahassee, Florida.

-In Pennsylvania, tickets are sold until 9:59 p.m. on drawing nights.

-The Pennsylvania Lottery has sold 17 jackpot-winning tickets since joining the multi-state game 15 years ago this summer.

-The largest Powerball prize Pennsylvania has ever awarded was a $110.2 million cash-value jackpot claimed by a New Jersey couple in May 2004.

-Pennsylvania’s largest Powerball group win was a $107.5 million cash jackpot shared by 48 transit workers from the Philadelphia area in April 2012. 

-The current jackpot has been growing since the June 10 drawing.

-In Pennsylvania, players must be 18 or older.

If the jackpot rolls Wednesday night, the advertised annuity value will be $1 billion for the Saturday, August 26, drawing.