But if you miss that coveted Powerball, you can still win a cool million dollars.
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The victor or winners of the $1.5 billion Powerball prize will be very wealthy but not a billionaire. As USA Mega explains, “You select five distinct numbers between 1 and 69, and one “Powerball” number between 1 and 26″.
The Powerball lottery drawing will be held on Wednesday. To take home the jackpot, your ticket must have the same five white numbers – order doesn’t matter – and the one red number.
It started out at $40 million on November 4 and is played twice a week.
The winning ticket of the January 13th drawing is eligible for a $1.5 billion annuity value or a $930 million cash prize.
Roughly 95 percent of Powerball tickets are computer-generated quick picks, so people’s favorite numbers aren’t really a factor.
Romero said he believes his store is a popular spot for buying tickets because of its location in busy Union Station, where people are using Metro, Amtrak, VRE or MARC.
If you were one of Saturday’s 18 million lucky winners, you could always spend the winnings on more tickets, since the jackpot rose to a record .5 billion on Tuesday, just a day ahead of Wednesday’s drawing. The odds increased when officials added more numbers to the matrix.
The astronomical Powerball jackpot has climbed another $100 million.
Excitement is growing internationally, with thousands of Canadians pouring into the U.S.to try their luck, reports CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan.
The next drawing will be Wednesday night at 11 pm ET.
A $2 ticket has a one in 292.2 million chance of winning the grand prize, Powerball said. They’re typically smaller lotteries with more modest jackpots of $1 million or less.
“I don’t know if anyone thought it could get this high”, says Crow.
In Alabama, people have been talking about instituting a lottery for years, in part because of sales in border states. “I’ve been mistaken all the time for other people, so I wouldn’t worry about it. Even before you win, people are always asking you for money”, said Gonzalez.
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The only thing worse than losing the lottery is watching your co-workers win.
