But since no one matched all six Powerball numbers, the newly estimated $1.3 billion jackpot is still theirs for the taking.
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The two other winning tickets from Saturday’s Powerball drawing were sold in Holland and Rochester Hills and those winners have come forward.
Buying a Powerball ticket now offers the chance to daydream about spending the largest lottery jackpot in the world – some $1.4 billion.
The odds to win are one in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball.
The winning numbers were 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball number was 13. Then, we gave them the option of purchasing from zero to five one-dollar lottery tickets with their earnings.
“Keep [the winning ticket] in a safe place because obviously that ticket is the most important thing- you need that ticket to claim the prize”, said Melissa Juhnowski, RI Lottery spokesperson.
The likelihood of someone winning $900 million in the Powerball lottery tonight is very slim.
Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, responded that Powerball prominently displays both the annuity and cash prize figures.
You have to buy Powerball tickets in person.
His ticket was one of 25 across the country that won the $1 million prize.
“I just don’t see the point”, said Greg VandenBerg of Clintonville, noting the astronomical odds. But the money was awarded to thousands of ticketholders, elGordo’s website said.
“I would have to open an office and get a team of experts”. “That would be a full-time job”.
Powerball’s grand prize has increased steadily for weeks after repeated drawings produced no big winners.
So those are just a couple of ways to put into perspective this record-breaking jackpot that will make a victor or winners insanely rich.
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Connecticut Lottery spokesperson Linda Tarnowski said the identities of the winners were not known, as the lottery offices are closed until Monday.
