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A store clerk prepares to give a customer Powerball tickets in a 2014 file photo. Credit: AP / Michael Conroy

Long Island Powerball players are hoping to be on the road to riches Saturday night, with the jackpot now at $314 million.

The drawing will be at 10:59 p.m.

The odds of a $2 ticket matching all five numbers and the Powerball are 1 in about 292 million, according to the lottery website.

Powerball is played in 44 states, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and former Newsday sports writer Mike Candel discuss their All-Decade boys basketball teams for the 1950's and 1960's, plus highlights from the county championships. Credit: Newsday/Mario Gonzalez; James Tamburino

SARRA SOUNDS OFF: Newsday's All-Decade teams for the 1950's and 1960's  On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and former Newsday sports writer Mike Candel discuss their All-Decade boys basketball teams for the 1950's and 1960's, plus highlights from the county championships.

On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and former Newsday sports writer Mike Candel discuss their All-Decade boys basketball teams for the 1950's and 1960's, plus highlights from the county championships. Credit: Newsday/Mario Gonzalez; James Tamburino

SARRA SOUNDS OFF: Newsday's All-Decade teams for the 1950's and 1960's  On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and former Newsday sports writer Mike Candel discuss their All-Decade boys basketball teams for the 1950's and 1960's, plus highlights from the county championships.

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