Powerball Prize Up To $1.5 Billion, Could Grow Before Wednesday’s Drawing

The estimated Powerball Jackpot is up to $1.5 billion, a $930 million cash value. You’d also have a 12% chance of sharing it with three people and a 6% chance of splitting your winnings with four others. “And with all the smashing around and with the media talking about this issue, people get juiced up and some people relapse”. Nobody had the winning numbers for the $949 million Powerball jackpot in the Saturday drawing.

Wexler has written several books on compulsive gambling.

Winners have 180 days to claim their prize and they have the option to claim it anonymously or reveal their identity, Armstrong said.

“I would say if you’re gonna gamble, if you’re gonna play the lottery, do it for fun, have a good time, laugh about it, but don’t go in with the expectation that you’re gonna win”, said Horn.

If no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball for Wednesday’s drawing, the jackpot will continue to grow.

Illinois: You must register for an account first, then you will be allowed to purchase tickets with a credit or debit card ($5 minimum) on illinoislottery.com or on the state’s official lottery app.

“Everything from the dog parks, the trails, the skate parks-all the open spaces that we see and enjoy in Colorado”, Christopher said.

According to the Oregon Lottery, the average Oregon retailer sells about $115,000 of tickets each year, but with the $1 billion-plus jackpot, Bend retailers are expecting to make more.

Can you buy a Powerball ticket online? No.

The lottery association said each state has a right to gamble or create a lottery only within its borders. Like most people playing the Powerball, Davis has thought about how she’d spend the money. 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.

The next drawing is Wednesday at 10:59 pm ET. If you bought one ticket per second, it would take over 9 years and 3 months to print all of the tickets not accounting for changing ink and paper in the ticket machine and bathroom breaks.