Tonight, the Powerball has more power than ever before.

With a record-smashing jackpot of $588 million, one stroke of good luck could change the lives of one person, one family and lots of friends forever. Winnings like that could bust a wallet the size of a Chevy Tahoe and leave plenty of cash leftover to buy a fleet of Lamborghinis to replace it.

Those life-changing numbers were drawn tonight at 11 p.m. The lucky numbers are 5, 16, 22, 23 and 29. The Powerball number was 6.

If you matched all six numbers, close your laptop, hug your dad or kids or whoever is closest and crack open the champagne — you just won the mother of all jackpots. If you are the lone winner and chose the cash option instead of the annuity, you will get around $380 million, before all the income taxes are taken out.

If you didn't hit, well ... better luck next time.

UPDATE

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2 winning tickets of record-breaking Powerball jackpot reported

The pot spiked to $550 million today — then climbed to $588 million shortly before 11 p.m. — following a ticket-buying frenzy fueled by no top winners in Saturday's $325 million drawing. No one has hit all six numbers in the past 15 drawings dating back to Oct. 6.

DID YOU WIN ANY MONEY?

Even if you didn't match all five regular balls plus the Powerball number, don't toss your tickets. You may have won some money.

• 5 regular balls + Powerball . $588 million

• 5 regular balls ....................$1 million

• 4 regular balls + Powerball ...$10,000

• 4 regular balls ....................... $100

• 3 regular balls + Powerball .... $100

• 3 regular balls .......................... $7

• 2 regular balls + Powerball ........$7

• 1 regular ball + Powerball ........ $4

• Powerball + no other balls ....... $4

The Star-Ledger / Source: Powerball.com

On Saturday, Nov. 24, one ticket purchased in New York state was valued at $2 million, because the player matched all 5 regular numbers and played the Powerplay option, according to the Powerball website.

And several tickets purchased in these eight states were worth $1 million each, because they matched all five regular numbers: Arizona; Florida; New Jersey; New York; Oregon; Texas; Virginia, and Wisconsin.

On Saturday, Nov. 17, one ticket sold in New Jersey matched four numbers plus the Powerball and was worth $10,000.

Check back in the morning for word on whether anyone won the top prizes in tonight's big drawing.

Powerball is played in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, along with 40 other states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

Star-Ledger staff writer Len Melisurgo contributed to this report.

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