Officials say it’s increasingly likely that someone will win the $900 million Powerball jackpot, which…
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On the lottery’s mobile app, though, a $1.3-billion jackpot would display as “1,300 million”, Traverso said.
But for many a Nashville ticket-buyer, the $2 spent for a Powerball ticket is as much about taking part in this freakish Lottery-mas-like experience as any and to believe, until after the Saturday evening drawing, that they could be millionaires.
The winning numbers for the record-setting $900 million-plus Powerball grand prize are: 32, 16, 19, 57, 34 and 13.
To win the jackpot, a ticket must have all six numbers correct.
A $2 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance at joining the hall of Powerball champions.
Saturday’s $900 million Powerball jackpot had residents of the Hub City putting down their cash for ticket after ticket.
Each ticket costs $2, but the odds to win the jackpot is 1 in 292,201,338.
Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. California and Pennsylvania exempt lottery winnings from income taxes if the ticket was bought in-state.
If no one wins, lottery officials expect the next drawing to be $1.3 billion.
The current jackpot first climbed to $675 million Wednesday night and reached $700 million before noon on Thursday.
The Powerball lottery is played in all states except Alabama, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah.
Officials estimated shops nationwide sold $277 million worth of lottery tickets Friday and $400 million Saturday.
The Powerball is set to be drawn again Saturday night at 10:59 p.m. EST.
“This is an incredible increase to the Powerball jackpot”, said Bishop Woosley, director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
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But if no one matches all the numbers Saturday, the next drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion. “Some people have been coming who don’t even know how to fill out the tickets because we’ve been having to stop and show them how to fill out the tickets and things like that”.
