Kentucky Lottery giving away 375 Powerball tickets in Nicholasville

Lottery officials say this history-making Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed sales statewide to $155.8 million for drawings leading up to and including Saturday’s record jackpot drawing.

You win the $1.5 billion jackpot if you match the first five numbers in any order and match the Powerball number.

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

“I’m hearing anecdotally and through news outlets, millions of people who have never played Powerball before are indeed purchasing a ticket”, said Mr Grief. “You don’t have to be a USA citizen to buy a Powerball ticket; as long as you’re buying your tickets at an authorized retail location, then that’s fine with us”.

The official Michigan Lottery site offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.

Astronomers at the Space Science Institute estimate that one is more likely to be killed by an asteroid – a one-in-700,000 chance – than win the grand prize, which carries a one-in-292.2 million chance with every US$2 ticket.

One of the stores that ranks the highest for its sales – Union Wine & Liquors at Union Station in the District – said customers have been lining up as the jackpot has grown.

Tickets cost $2 each.

The odds may say that you’re not going to win.

The huge jackpot has forced many convenience stores to bring in extra clerks to keep lines moving, hoping that people wanting Powerball tickets will decide to also buy a snack or something else in the store.

In fact, the probability of drawing the 292 million different combinations sequentially at random is something like 1 in a gajillion (technical term here). You can spend $1 more and get a Power Play that will give you a chance to increase your non-jackpot winnings.

Here’s what you need to know. It’s now estimated at $1.5 billion.

All it would take is one other victor to make your $584 million investment unprofitable. There still could be additional state or city income taxes owed depending on where the victor lives. El Gordo last month showered 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) across the country.