Through Mon, Jan. 11, Powerball ticket sales in South Dakota for the current jackpot run which started after the November 4, 2015 drawing have topped $6.5 million.
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The winning ticket of the January 13th drawing is eligible for a $1.5 billion annuity value or a $930 million cash prize.
Grayson matched the first five numbers drawn in Saturday night’s drawing to win his big prize: 16-19-32-34-57.
“They’re used to the 6/49, which has packages”.
You kind of have to win twice.
Lottery retailers earn $.12 on each Powerball ticket sold.
“You got a better chance of being hit by lightning … but for two bucks, what the heck”, Johnson said.
“People are flocking over from those states to stand in line and buy lottery tickets”, he said.
Is it smarter to buy 10 Powerball tickets for $20 than a single $2 ticket?
“Sales are doing exponentially more than we’ve ever done before”, he said, adding that they were more than double what they were before the last record U.S. jackpot of $656m in March 2012 – won by ticket holders.
The odds of winning the jackpot in Powerball are 1 in 292,201,338 while the odds of winning any prize are 1:24.9.
“Players are excited about the jackpot”, said North Carolina Educational Lottery spokesperson Robert Denton.
“It’s an experience I’ve never felt before”. In the entire 2014-15 fiscal year, California sold $372 million in Powerball tickets.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball lottery?
Even with 30% knocked off, you’ll still end up with $980 million USA over annual payments, so you’re not likely going to starve.
All I can say is that if you have not figured that out and don’t realize you’ve got to pay taxes, you probably don’t have the brains to fill out a play slip.
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Everyone’s buzzing to see if one lucky person will claim the $900 million Powerball lottery winnings.
