Overall ticket sales have been up with lines off and on in the mornings, Dabish said. 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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One day before the next big Powerball drawing, lottery officials raised the estimated record-breaking jackpot to $1.5 billion. The odds of winning the grand prize decreased from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million.
There was no victor for Saturday night’s record $949.8 million Powerball drawing.
It’s 9:59 p.m., an hour before the 10:59 p.m. drawing at Universal Studios in Orlando on Wednesday night, according to the state’s website.
Imagine finding the one lucky dollar bill out of the millions of dollar bills…
That’s been Harezlak’s strategy since the jackpot started at a mere $40 million during the first week of November. The idea was that it would let players win more small prizes.
Massachusetts Lottery retailers were churning out over $23,000 in Powerball sales per minute, according to state lottery officials. So while the current jackpot is listed at $1.4 billion, a sole victor would only get that much if the person received 29 annual payments.
People line up to buy Powerball lottery tickets at Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, Califo …
Unfortunately you have better odds of being struck by lighting – that’s a 1 in 12,000 chance of that happening, the National Weather Service says.
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If you don’t want to pick the numbers yourself, just ask the cashier for a “Quick Pick” ticket, and your numbers will be randomly picked for you. The game is played in 44 states, Washington, and two US territories. That’s because the payout you can anticipate from buying a ticket (the “expected value”) isn’t worth the investment.
