$930 million: The cash option value of the Powerball jackpot as of January 12. Jennifer Berry, from Huntsville, Ala. picks her numbers for the Powerball jackpot as other hopefuls wait in line to buy lottery tickets at a gas station in Ardmore, Tenn.
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While many were disappointed to hear no one would be claiming the top prize in our area, others said they would keep playing.
The odds of winning the record jackpot were 1 in 292 million.
Maybe some lucky Powerball player will hit it big tonight and win the record jackpot, $1.5 billion as of late Tuesday.
A news release from Tennessee lottery officials says the state also has a ticket that won $2 million.
The biggest-ever lottery jackpot that could go to a single ticket-holder hangs in the balance.
Justin Boggs is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk.
The prospect of a huge payout sparked a ticket-buying frenzy that was expected to reach a rate of $1.3 million per minute during the evening commuter rush hour, Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas lottery, told a news conference. The past 19 drawings had not yielded a victor.
Chris Martin uses the serial numbers on a dollar bill to help him pick numbers for a Powerball ticket in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The winners in Florida and Tennessee have not come forward, lottery officials in those states said, and officials have not said whether anyone in California had sought to claim their share.
The winners’ identities remain a mystery, but they bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb where even lottery losers were celebrating Thursday that such heady riches were won in their modest city.
The advertised $1.5 billion – and counting – jackpot, however, isn’t exactly an accurate picture of what the victor will take home.
Lottery officials often note that while the jackpot gets all the attention, far more players get a nice consolation prize of $1 million for matching the five white balls but missing the Powerball.
When Mesa returned, he put up a Kijiji offering to sell tickets for people in Ottawa wanting to try their luck.
“When you win the kind of money I won, you don’t need advice on how to invest because you already have more money than most people make investing in a lifetime”, Gels said. Saturday’s Powerball drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and the jackpot will return to its starting point of $40 million.
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Yes they can! There are no citizenship rules governing the lottery game so Canadians can play (and win!) the Powerball lottery.
