What to know about the $500 million Powerball jackpot

This jackpot is the biggest since the $564.1 million Powerball prize shared by players from North Carolina, Texas, and Puerto Rico last February. The bad news is Alabama is one of eight states -Mississippi, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and California are the others – that don’t play Powerball so you will have to do some driving to get your ticket. He developed an app called Lotto Lotto that alerts lottery players if they have a winning ticket.

The couple, affected by the October floods in SC, will use the $1 million in winnings to fix damage sustained to their home. The largest jackpot ever was $590 million won in May 2013.

“Does this mean that you are more likely to win with a computer pick ticket?”

Before you start celebrating your big win, make sure you sign the back of your ticket. The annuity is based on the $500,000 jackpot and payments will average $16.6 million per year before taxes.

Wednesday’s jackpot is the fourth-highest in Powerball history and the sixth-largest lottery jackpot in US history, according to CNN.

Employees there said they saw a significant increase in ticket sales the day of the drawing, and added their sales almost doubled in the last few hours before the drawing.

The cash value option for this drawing right now is $306-million dollars.

But your odds of picking the correct red Powerball number have actually improved, since players now choose from 26 numbers, down from 39 That boosts the chances of winning some kind of prize to 1 in 25 from 1 in 32.

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

Many said they don’t play the lottery unless it gets to be a big pot like it is now.

Build a house, go on a cruise, retire, spend my time on the lake, pay off all bills, and buy a new vehicle, were among some of the things people said.