Powerball tickets are $2 per play and the prize can be paid either over 29 years in 30 graduated payments or in a cash option, which is about $275 million.
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Scroll down for tonight’s winning Mega Millions numbers and see if you have a good excuse for calling out of work tomorrow. Ever. But like most of the other grand prizes on this list, the pot was split among multiple winning tickets with all the right numbers.
He claims he can “feel” when he sells a winning scratch-off ticket but said Powerball is different.
Tickets are $2 and sales are cut off at least 59 minutes before the drawing held at 10:59 PM EST. Not far behind was Frank Buberl, of Westminster, who said that while he plays smaller games from time to time, a big jackpot is worth some extra consideration.
If there is no victor after Wednesday night’s drawing, the prize will continue to climb.
People have been coming in all day to buy Powerball tickets hoping the market’s luck will result in a multi-million dollar payout. “Don’t sit and sweat it every damn week whether I can pay the $12 or not”, Rush said.
“It’s a lucky store”, says Roy Kendrix of Columbus.
By late Tuesday, the jackpot had swelled to more than $450 million and could go even higher if a victor isn’t found.
The chances of winning the cross-state jackpot are one in 175 million, according to lottery officials.
Georgia Lottery officials announced Tuesday that Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot will be $450 million after rolling over 17 times since November 7.
$564 million – The February 2015 Powerball drawing produced three winners and a cash value of $381 million.
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The 56-year-old pipe fitter unknowingly left the only ticket to match all six numbers from the March 14 drawing pinned to a wall behind a pipe in his basement for about six weeks. Forty-four states (plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) participate in the game.
