Powerball take-home depends on where you live

As you follow it your results get better and better and you will increase your chances.

In other words, don’t make any lavish plans just yet: Your odds of winning, according to Powerball, are 1 in 292,201,338. IN placed second in the nation with 11 jackpot-winning Powerball tickets sold since 2003.

If you think anyone who wins Saturday’s jackpot will pocket $800 million, you’re mistaken.

The Milton Avenue convenience store typically sells $300 to $400 worth of tickets a day.

And they have a powerful incentive: the biggest jackpot in US history, at $800 million and climbing.

It could end up even bigger than that.

The last California jackpot victor was in February 2014, claiming $425.3 million, according to the lottery.

No one hit the winning numbers on Wednesday’s drawing, increasing the jackpot to a record 0 million Thursday.

Timothy Foxworth bought 50 Powerball tickets.

Jennifer Chaplin would have to split the money with 35 coworkers who all pitched in to buy 95 tickets after signing a written contract on how to divide up the winnings.

But the jackpots are getting higher after Powerball organizers made it harder to win the top prize starting in October. He joked that people get swept up by hundreds of millions of dollars but will dismiss a jackpot that’s $40 million.

Myrtle Beach resident Bobby Smith has a one-word answer as to what he would do on Sunday if he were to win the record Powerball jackpot Saturday evening.

Marlene Scherer of Janesville holds her Powerball lottery tickets Friday at Lions Quick Mart on Milton Avenue in Janesville.

“People who believe it’s luck are fooling themselves”, said Lustig during a phone interview from his Orlando home.

Lottery officials say sales have been robust since no one won Wednesday’s estimated $500 million jackpot, and the prize could grow even more.

“You can throw out the logic”.

One of the worst things a lottery victor can do is immediately spread the news, says Andrew Stoltmann, a securities attorney in Chicago who has represented multiple lottery winners in lawsuits over investment scams. Maybe, if you believe in semi-related omens.

But “The Lucky 32” aren’t the only ones collecting lottery money today. Then, we gave them the option of purchasing from zero to five one-dollar lottery tickets with their earnings.

However, Powerball revenue, much like Lottery revenue in general, has been declining in recent years.

OTTUMWA-With Saturday’s Powerball Jackpot nearing $1 billion, Iowans are coming out in droves for their chance at making history.

Imagine you’re in line at your favorite gas station, GetGo, for example, and decide to add a Powerball ticket to your purchases before sticking your new Chase debit or credit card into the reader.