So what happens if a Canadian does win on Saturday?
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Canadians can also get tickets without making the trek to the U.S.by buying online through a lottery reseller, but it’s not totally above board. He said, “Somebody told me once that the numbers are picked more randomly when they’re separate than together”.
Canadians previously had to visit a USA state if they wanted to buy an American lottery ticket, but that’s not the case anymore. Lawson won a $337 million Powerball jackpot that holds the record for the largest Lottery prize ever won in MI. The deadline to buy tickets in IN is 9:58 p.m. The drawing is Saturday at 10:59 p.m. on FOX59.
The people at Powerball say between 70 to 80 percent of purchases are computer picks and between 70 to 80 percent of winners are computer picks, which is about what you’d expect.
The estimated Powerball jackpot is the biggest in USA history.
The U.S. jackpot now sits at $800 million dollars, translating into a whopping $1.13 billion Canadian.
Although you’re more likely to be struck by lightning than win the grand prize, the odds are a little better for smaller prizes. Not that it’s a surprise, but just one in 292.2 million.
Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery and president of the multistate Powerball Lottery, says officials tallied $352 million in ticket sales on Friday.
“It gets insane. People are just buying them right and left,”she said”.
Buzz about the game has vaulted sales so high that Powerball sales are breaking records, according to Powerball officials, AP reported. The largest previous Powerball jackpot was May 18, 2013, when a single ticket purchased in Florida matched all six numbers to win a $590.5 million prize. The ticket, which had the Power Play feature that doubled the $1 million prize for matching all five white balls, was sold at a Williston convenience store and claimed by a victor who chose to remain anonymous.
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Adam and Donald say there are three things we should all remember. If you visit your water cooler, your co-workers are probably thinking about a life in which $800 million (or about $496 million in lump sum cash) changes everything.
