Officials say that if no one wins on Saturday, the next jackpot will be $1.3 billion.
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“Saturday night’s Jackpot is very exciting it’s at eight hundred million right now -might even get bigger before Saturday night”, Wisconsin Lottery spokesperson Stephanie Marquis said. Those in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no state personal income tax, and those in California and Pennsylvania are also exempt from paying taxes on lottery winnings.
Denton said the jackpot prize started at $40 million in November, and grew every time there wasn’t a victor.
That percentage could rise if the jackpot estimate is increased before the drawing.
Large jackpots like this were what lottery officials had in mind when they decided last fall to make it even less likely than before to win the big prize.
Cripe said the estimated size of the jackpot reached $949.8 million, the largest lottery prize in US history.
Powerball is played in 44 states as well as the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. I made a deal, I said if I won, whatever it was, I’d give more than half of it away.
For days thousands across the stated flocked to the stores for just a chance to win a record-setting $900 million Powerball jackpot.
According to Lakes when you have your tickets drawn separately it chooses the number separately and prints the ticket, so you get a wider variety on your numbers.
By 2 this afternoon, the store had sold about $2,000 worth of the $2 tickets.
“I’m going insane! I can’t take it anymore!” she said, burying her face in her hands but giggling uncontrollably as she turned to a line of customers. “But, you just can’t help but get a ticket now”, Frank Brewer said. The odds of winning the jackpot are roughly one in 292 million.
The chance of no one hitting all five initial numbers and the Powerball number is growing slimmer, Grief acknowledged. But Tony Bouie, executive director of Arizona Lottery says, “There are no real strategies”.
Joey Herrera, 25, the manager of the San Carlos 7-Eleven, said the Powerball business was “absolutely crazy” all week, keeping employees stuck on their registers.
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All that dopamine might tip the balance in favor of buying a ticket – or two – overruling the more cautious part of the brain.
