REST OF US. MATT: WE ARE ALL JUST BEAUTIFUL LOSERS. WE ARE SAD WE LOST, BUT THIS NUMBER IS 1.5 BILLION. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL LOSERS, THE JACKPOT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER. SATURDAY NIGHT’S POWERBALL DRAWING IS ESTIMATED TO BE THE THIRD — THIRD-LARGEST IN U.S. HISTORY, ONLY BEHIND THE 1.5 BILLION — 1.53 BILLION DOLLAR MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING AND A DRAWING BACK IN 2016. THE ODDS OF WINNING ARE NOT GOOD. IT IS ONE IN 292 MILLION. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WON. A NEW CAR, BIGGER HOUSE, AND A SECOND HOUSE IN A WARMER CLIMATE BECAUSE I AM DONE SHOVELING SNOW IF I WIN THIS. ANTOINETTE: THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD IDEAS. I AM SURE YOU WILL HELP OTHER PEOPLE OUT GOT TOO. — OTHER PEOPLE OUT, TOO. WE WILL HA
Powerball jackpot now $1.5 billion; 1 ticket sold in Mass. worth $100,000
Updated: 8:19 AM EDT Nov 3, 2022
The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot.The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing Saturday night. That is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60 and the red powerball 23.No one has won the top Powerball prize since Aug. 3, making for 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers.In Massachusetts, a ticket sold in Nantucket matched for a $100,000 prize, and tickets sold in Canton and Peabody were worth $50,000.What’s behind three months of lottery futility? It’s simple math. The odds of winning the jackpot are an abysmal 1 in 292.2 million. It is because of those long odds that the grand prize has grown so large.The new $1.5 billion prize is actually for winners who opt for an annuity, paid out annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners choose cash, which for Saturday’s drawing would be $745.9 million.Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot.
The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing Saturday night. That is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60 and the red powerball 23.
No one has won the top Powerball prize since Aug. 3, making for 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers.
In Massachusetts, a ticket sold in Nantucket matched for a $100,000 prize, and tickets sold in Canton and Peabody were worth $50,000.
What’s behind three months of lottery futility? It’s simple math. The odds of winning the jackpot are an abysmal 1 in 292.2 million.
It is because of those long odds that the grand prize has grown so large.
The new $1.5 billion prize is actually for winners who opt for an annuity, paid out annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners choose cash, which for Saturday’s drawing would be $745.9 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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