balls of fury?!....no winner -> Powerball jackpot reaches $1 billion....

[NewtonMP2100]

.....yes, Dr. Evil would be proud....2nd highest amount.....


Powerball jackpot grows to estimated $1 billion, second highest ever

....Powerball's estimated jackpot has surpassed $1 billion for only the second time after no one matched all five numbers and the red ball on a $2 ticket to claim the $825 million prize Saturday night.

The next Powerball drawing is Monday with numbers also selected on Wednesdays. The Monday date was added on Aug. 23, 2021.

Saturday's winning numbers were: 19, 31, 40, 46, 57, with a Powerball 23.

In Saturdays drawing, seven tickets matched five numbers, but not the Powerball, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Also, six tickets won a $1 million prize, and one ticket sold in Florida won $2 million in the Power Play feature.

The jackpot was last hit on Aug. 3 when a ticket in Pennsylvania earned $206.9 million.There have now been 37 consecutive drawings without a winner, according to Powerball.

The largest this year was $632.6 million on Jan. 5 and split by winners in California and Wisconsin.

The largest Powerball jackpot was $1.586 billion on Jan. 13, 2016, which was shared shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.......


huge.................jackpot......................?!

[wurm]

One of my two tickets had the Powerball number. Just the single Powerball number. So that $4 paid for my ticket – or more likely my next two. What I found interesting is that's the same payout as the single Powerball number and one other number. Go figure.

[Ombligo]

No one has claimed the $1.3 billion winner from last July yet.

[Michael]

My kid just asked me to buy her a ticket since she can't in AL. So, do I buy 2 and designate one for her and one for us or buy 2 and call them "ours" to be split if either one wins? Hmmm. I guess that at a billion there's enough to share between our 2 families!

[Gareth]

Ombligo wrote:
No one has claimed the $1.3 billion winner from last July yet.

Yes, they have, last month, just before the lump sum deadline. https://fortune.com/2022/09/21/2-people-...t-lottery/#

[Lux Interior]

Michael wrote:
My kid just asked me to buy her a ticket since she can't in AL. So, do I buy 2 and designate one for her and one for us or buy 2 and call them "ours" to be split if either one wins? Hmmm. I guess that at a billion there's enough to share between our 2 families!

I don't know, man...after possible multiple-winners & taxes, you may have barely a couple hundred million.

Not really worth the effort.

[RAMd®d]

If one wins a $B, they should also be awarded the same tax breaks other billionaires get.

And when I play a $B lottery, I'll buy five winning tickets, to keep a larger slice of the pie.

No need to be greedy.