Many were buying tickets Tuesday, March 19, including at the Chino Hills store that sold a winning ticket years ago.
No one correctly picked all five winning numbers and the winning Powerball number in the Saturday night, March 16, Powerball drawing.
Avid lottery players know what that means — the jackpot once again hits the half-billion dollar mark.
Many who play were buying tickets Tuesday, March 19, including at the 7-Eleven in Chino Hills that sold a Powerball ticket worth $1.6 billion three years ago.
The next drawing is set for Wednesday, March 20, and the jackpot currently sits at $550 million.
Tickets cost $2 each and drawings are every Wednesday and Saturday. But the chances of winning are 1 in 292,201,338, according to powerball.com.