Stores throughout the D.C. region said their sales of tickets for the record-setting, $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot – make that $1.5 billion – are skyrocketing on the eve of Wednesday night’s drawing. As USA Mega explains, “You select five distinct numbers between 1 and 69, and one “Powerball” number between 1 and 26″. Winners can also choose the cash prize, which is the total amount now up for grabs, but that is “only” $868 million.
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Southern Californians are scrambling to buy Powerball tickets as Wednesday’s big drawing inches closer, with a jackpot now estimated at a mind-boggling $1.4 billion dollars.
Canadians are crossing the border in droves to pick up tickets for the record-breaking Powerball jackpot.
“Compared to the previous few months where sales were between $950,000 and $3.5 million each week, that’s about 7 to 20 times more”, she said.
He says, “If I win, I’ll let you guys know”.
Powerball lottery tickets in front of the splash screen for the powerball.com website. According to lottery officials, it is the world’s largest prize ever offered.
Tickets for Powerball can be purchased at any Massachusetts Lottery retailer and cost $2.
While millions of Americans think they’re lucky enough to beat the unimaginable odds, so too do Canadians.
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Tune in again at 10:30 p.m. January 13 when I will be broadcasting live from the MLive office in Grand Rapids to discuss the jackpot, give you the latest results and reveal the winning numbers. Only a ticket holder who opts to collect the jackpot in annual payments will gets the entire $1.5 billion. Forty-four U.S. states participate, as well as the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. No players have correctly selected the six numbers required to win the jackpot in the last 19 drawings dating back to November 11.
