Residents like Sylvia Ward have multiples. “I bought them both with the power play”, explained Ginger Hart of Ringtown.
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“If you don’t play, you can’t win”, said Wise. The prize holds a cash value of approximately $306 million. And it’s also more hard to win the second prize of $1 million that goes to players who get all the numbers right except for the Powerball. “I might get lucky”.
“This is a golden year for me and my daughter”. She was 84 years old at the time. Over the last year or so, this place has sold a lot of lottery as it is and we had a million dollar victor a year ago yesterday. So we all are going to win.
“It seems like your chances aren’t that good, so I just don’t do it”, said Allie Schuck of East Peoria.
Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, says no one matched the numbers drawn Wednesday night.
Rain may be the biggest thing on most people’s minds Wednesday, but plenty of people will likely courageous the wet weather so they can purchase a Powerball ticket, with the jackpot reaching $500 million.
The jackpot ranks as the sixth largest offered in North America.
Of course you have no chance of winning if you don’t buy a ticket.
The last Powerball that came close to this size was in February of 2015.
Powerball is sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Locals are hoping to have a repeat of 2013 when luck struck a Minnesota man and he claimed one-third of 448 million dollar jackpot.
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For the second time in two days, Powerball officials increased the jackpot due to strong ticket sales. State taxes will be deducted from the prize if you live in a state that taxes lottery winnings.
