Huge Powerball jackpot goes up by $50M The ginormous Powerball grand prize climbed to a cool $450 million Tuesday after 17 drawings without a winner. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1R9XnIv Johanne Eklund of Merritt Island, Fla., buys her Powerball tickets Jan. 5, 2016, for the next night’s $450 million jackpot from K&D Discount Beverage on Merritt Island.