Powerball jackpot surges to $500M in hours before drawing

For the Powerball, according to LottoNumbers.com, the most popular white ball numbers are 26, last drawn 56 days ago; 41, last drawn 18 days ago; 22, drawn seven days ago; 16 came up 14 days ago; 42 was drawn four days ago and 35, drawn 116 days ago. The Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the Powerball game, says about 75 percent of winning tickets occur when the numbers are selected by a computer.

A victor of Wednesday’s jackpot could claim the pre-tax $500 million prize through an annuity over 29 years or in a single pre-tax payout of $306 million.

The biggest jackpot was a $656 million Mega Millions prize won in 2012. The jackpot odds stand at 292,000,000 to 1.

And the opportunity to buy a winning ticket is a gamble many Northlanders are willing to take.

The Powerball Jackpot is 500 million dollar this has many hopeful millionaires rushing to buy there chance at the pie. Since then, in Pennsylvania alone, the game has produced one $2 million victor, two $1 million winners and 772,369 other winners of over $9.9 million in prizes. That’s where you’ll find Douglas Bullock, who says if he wins there’s a lot of people he’d share his money with. It’s a chance of winning a life changing amount of money.

Powerball is offered in 44 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Pennsylvania, tickets are sold until 9:59 p.m. on drawing nights, Wednesday and Saturday.