No winning ticket was drawn in Saturday night’s record Powerball jackpot of almost $950 million, which pushes the giant pot even higher – to an estimated $1.3 billion, according to lottery officials.
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But if the three days between the last two drawings are any guide, the total will surely swell.
When the jackpot reached $500 million for the January 6 drawing, about 45 percent of the possible combinations were played. “We’re getting some lines with a lot of traffic on Saturday and Wednesday before the drawings”, he said. Tickets for the record jackpot Wednesday can be purchased until 9:50 p.m. Wednesday night.
Still, statistics experts say the astronomical odds of winning are a bit better if you let the computer pick the numbers, rather than choosing them yourself.
It started out at $40 million on November 4 and is played twice a week.
Saturday’s winning numbers were 16-19-32-34-57-13. As Al.com noted, that was the intention of lottery officials when they tweaked the rules previous year for bigger jackpots, increasing the odds from one in 175 million to one in 292.2 million. With 440 million tickets sold, there was a little more than a 77 percent chance that at least one person would have won the Powerball last week, Matheson said.
We’re talking 1.4 billion dollars. It’s sold in 44 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Then they get the grand prize. California Lottery officials announced Monday afternoon that Lopez won $1 million on a $10 Big Money scratcher purchased from the 7-Eleven store at 1798 Sunrise Way in Palm Springs.
Remaining anonymous – a topic not usually thought about when you’re buying your Powerball ticket, hoping to collect the jackpot.
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The question is more prevalent than ever given the record jackpot offered this week.
