After 19 drawings, no one has yet to match all five numbers plus the Powerball to claim the grand prize.
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The record-breaking Powerball jackpot could grow yet more before Wednesday’s drawing if ticket sales continue to exceed expectations.
Seventy-five percent of all the possible combinations were purchased before Saturday’s drawing, Grief said, and he expects that enough tickets will be sold to cover about 80 percent by Wednesday.
The odds of winning Powerball are now 1 in 292 million against you winning the $1.5 billion jackpot.
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Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery tickets from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million.
Rollo Redburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery, said with such a huge jackpot on the lines, even with all the taxes, Oklahomans are stepping up to the line and buying the Powerball tickets in record numbers.
Tuesday morning, the Jackpot went from $1.4-billion to $1.5-billion.
So Powerball is not the lottery to play if you care about making a good investment. There are nine total ways that you can win, but only one way to win the $1.5 billion jackpot.
He says, “If I win, I’ll let you guys know”.
It’s not just the state that is benefiting from Powerball’s ticket sales.
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If you’re reading this, and now in possession of a lottery ticket you wouldn’t have normally purchased, you are precisely the type of person the Powerball system was hoping to engage. The upfront cash payout is $930 million. The jackpot is so large that billboards are overwhelmed with the extra digit, only displaying a $999 million prize. It’s sold in 44 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
