Powerball jackpot rolls over to £411,000,000

The rollover is one of the biggest in Powerball history (Picture: AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

The Powerball jackpot has soared to a whopping £411 million after rolling over for a 40th consecutive draw.

The extraordinary sum of money is now up for grabs in Thursday morning’s draw, just weeks after the American lottery officially launched in the UK.

The current rollover is one of the longest in Powerball history, with the record standing at 47 consecutive draw.

During that record-breaking run, one winner ended up taking home £1.3 billion ($1.817bn) in the US on Christmas Eve last year.

If a British player were to win the jackpot, it would smash the current UK lottery record...