Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.5 billion

And talk about luck: Imari Shelton, 19, had never played the Powerball game and had to ask her mother how it worked.

The winning ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball for the drawing.

At the time of the last drawing on Saturday night, more than three-quarters – or more than 227 million – of the possible combinations had been purchased. Forget about it beyond 1 million tickets.

ESTEM High School math teacher, Mark O’Laughlin, said while the odds remain the same no matter the jackpot, with so many new faces playing, be prepared to share if you do win.

A $50,000 victor in Saturday’s drawing was also sold in Orange County, at the Quick Chek on North Main Street in Florida, the state said.

The Powerball lottery jackpot has continued to climb since November 4, reaching an estimated, record-shattering $1.4 billion as of Monday evening. That’s doubling your $2 bet, for a one in 38 chance.

“I know you’ve seen places where there are lines of people who are waiting to buy their Powerball tickets”, Grief said.

How much does it cost? Each power ball ticket is worth $2. The deadline to purchase tickets differs from state to state.

A Powerball win is getting closer to being a sure thing – for someone.

But I might win $35 or so.

Past Powerball winning numbers can be found on the Powerball website.

Appoint a leader who will be in charge of the pool and will be responsible for buying the tickets. The organization that operates Powerball runs the Mega Millions lottery too.

FiveThirtyEight’s Walt Hickey wrote about the proposed rule change back in July 2015, and his predictions of an increase in Powerball jackpot totals was spot on.

Another helpful hint: you can go online and search for a sample contract to sign.