It might be safe to say that if they sold about 292 million tickets, one of those might have a chance of winning the jackpot, now up to $500 million.
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If a winning ticket was sold for Wednesday night’s drawing, it would the biggest prize in almost a year. “Once you get numbers that size, it’s hard for people to wrap their minds around them”, Wasserstein said. “They come up with gimmicks”, Abrams said.
Wednesday’s water cooler conversation…the Powerball jackpot.
The jackpot is now the sixth largest ever in USA history.
The prize would have a cash option of $306 million, and that’s before taxes are deducted. Tonight’s drawing will be for an estimated $500 million dollar jackpot. Here are more details about the big lottery payoff.
The Associated Press reports that the odds are so small that even putting your money together with 50 to 100 friends won’t make much of a difference. POOLING YOUR MONEY Some players feel they increase their odds of winning by pooling their money with co-workers, with a promise to split the winnings. “Once in a while you have to go for it just to see maybe you will win maybe you’re not”.
Half a billion dollars could be yours if you’re the lucky person who wins Wednesday night’s Powerball lottery drawing.
Powerball plays may be purchased for $2 each at Lottery retailers across the state.
If you play the lottery regularly, it is important to pick your own numbers and to stick to that same combination every time you play, lottery expert Richard Lustig said.
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Since someone already won $1 million at this place, people from out of the area are coming to get their Powerball tickets. “Watch Saturday’s Powerball drawing on 6abc and 6abc.com during Action News at 11 p.m”.
