Staten Island player wins $165 million Mega Millions jackpot

Officials say that if no one wins on Saturday, the next jackpot will be $1.3 billion. Those in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no state personal income tax, and those in California and Pennsylvania are also exempt from paying taxes on lottery winnings.

With incredibly high odds to win, no one has won the jackpot since November 7, causing the jackpot for the multi-state game to roll over 18 times.

And she’s right. The estimated Jackpot is nine hundred million dollars.

If the Thompsons won the $900 million jackpot, they would share the wealth with family and probably take a couple of nice vacations, she said.

Whoever wins the Powerball drawing will be getting the largest single jackpot of any lottery in the history of the United States.

“I let my kids pick some”, he said.

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday has been raised to a record $800 million annuity value for a $496 million cash prize. In short, you have a better chance of being struck by lighting this year (or in your lifetime) than winning this jackpot. The Minnesota State Lottery says Powerball sales totaled $8,643 per minute.

Get ready for an even bigger dopamine rush: That jackpot could reach a mind-blowing $1 billion. Some told ABC7 News they have never bought a lottery ticket before, but wanted a chance at the action because of that mega jackpot.

At the AM-PM convenience store at C and Fresno streets, store employee Lizeth Rios reported the store saw roughly 100 people come in to buy lottery tickets from 3 to 5 p.m.

The likelihood of winning the jackpot is now one in 292.2 million, the New York Post reported.

Behind the security checkpoint sits a lottery kiosk that has sold five tickets of $10,000 or more.

Jeffrey Miecznikowski, associate professor of biostatistics at the University at Buffalo, said in an email an American is roughly 25 times more likely to become the next president of the United States than to win at Powerball. But Wasserstein said he and his colleagues know too well the almost impossible odds to plunk down even $2 for a ticket. “Usually on a Friday, we might sell $1,200 worth”.