Saturday, November 24, 2012
How big a prize do you need before you decide to play the lottery?
Is one-third of a billion dollars enough money for you to go out and buy lottery tickets? Powerball's estimated prize in tonight drawing is $325 million, which is about $40 million off the all-time record, according to Lottery Universe. The cash prize option is $212.8 million. The cost of a ticket is $2. The odds of getting a ticket with the winning numbers is less than 1 in 175 million. Are you a regular player or one of those people who wait until it gets over $200 or $300 million before buying a ticket? And if you were to win, what would you do with all that money?
Friday, November 23, 2012
Saturday's Powerball Drawing could win one lucky player a $325 million Christmas present this year.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Is one-third of a billion dollars enough money for you to go out and buy lottery tickets? Powerball's estimated prize in Saturday night's drawing is $325 million, which is about $40 million off the all-time record, according to Lottery Universe. The cash prize option is "only" $212.8 million. But with the odds of getting a ticket with the winning numbers worse than 1 in 175 million, will you play the game? It costs $2 per ticket. The "Powerball multiplier" adds $1 to the ticket price, but could increase the size of any non-grand prize amount. Powerball is played in 42 states, including Georgia, plus Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Friday's MegaMillions jackpot is "only" $41 million. Heck, even Friday's Fantasy Five drawing is…
Monday, August 13, 2012
With nobody winning the Powerball Jackpot in almost two months, the drawing Wednesday to a single winner will be more than $300 million.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Traditionally, the higher the jackpot payout in a lottery, the more people are prepared to share in the pot. With nobody winning since June 23, the Powerball Jackpot drawing for Wednesay now sits at $305 million, according to the Powerball Lottery website. This has a cash option payout of $203.3 million, before taxes. The drawing will be on Wednesday, Aug. 15 and the cost of a ticket is $2. Will you buy a ticket now that the payout is more than $300 million? With a cash payout to a single winner of $203.5 million, what would you do with the money if you had the lucky ticket?
RedneckInAL
8:47 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
If I were to win, I would praise The Lord. Then me & my husband would buy our homeless mothers a house of their own with maids and buy my mother in law a pit bull dog (cause they are awesome). more ›