Winning $310.5M Powerball ticket sold in Michigan

According to MLive.com, the winning ticket was sold at a gas station in Three Rivers, about 25 miles north of LaGrange.

Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is $301 million dollars. However, New York lawmakers are now investigating the legality of the service.

New Jersey had a Powerball victor in March when two couples from Dumont that named themselves the “Rocklin Four” shared a $40 million jackpot.

The state Lottery’s profits are designated for education, and past year about $3 billion has go to schools – about 14 percent of the total state education aid to local schools. Jackpocket is an app that lets you order your lottery tickets, loads them to your account, and sends you alerts if you win. With Jackpocket, you get notifications that you bought your ticket (excitement!) and then you also get notified if you win.

After all, in Saturday’s drawing, there were 79,235 winning tickets in New York. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 31.85.

And what is he going to do with the prize money?

Pete Sullivan, founder of the Jackpocket app, disagrees. Jackpocket is not associated with a state lottery system and said they act more as a courier service, claiming their way is the most secure way to play the lottery. The app runs all data through SSL encryption, providing the highest level of security. Until that day comes, keep hoping and stop working.

The app is expected to be available nationwide.