Iowa Man Claims $1M Jackpot Prize

The world record jackpot’s cash option is now an estimated $930 million.

In other words, you’re likely have a lot of other unusual things happen to you before you win this lottery.

The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292,201,338, but there’s a one in 11,688,053 that you’ll win a $1 million prize, according to the Powerball website.

The Texas Lottery reported that $5,838,152 in Powerball tickets were sold in a one-hour period that day, and the jackpot reached about $950 million ahead of the drawing.

The drawing for $1.5 billion will take place on Wednesday at 10:12 p.m., and sales will be cut off at 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday. That means residents of states without Powerball are driving to neighboring states to play the lottery and probably spending money on gas, soda or doughnuts in the process. During this span, two $1 million prize winning tickets have been sold in MA, including one in Saturday’s drawing sold at Clarendon Wine Co., 563 Boylston St.in Boston.

The Powerball jackpot has been growing ever since the last victor was drawn in November.

But I still think the size of the jackpot is getting so big it’s stupid big, so big the lottery’s signs can’t count that high. That’s 19 drawings. However, for Florida Lotto, it’s been even longer.

Nationally, Powerball has produced 316 second-tier winners of $1 million or $2 million in the past year. Only a ticket holder who opts to collect the jackpot in annual payments will gets the entire $1.5 billion.

In the past, Canadians had to cross the border to buy a US lotto ticket, the site said.

North Carolina Lottery Officials are aware of the problem, but have no plans to change the billboards unless billion-dollar jackpots become commonplace.

Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.