The Powerball Jackpot for Wednesday's (January 13) drawing is estimated to be at least $1.4 billion. While the chances of winning are very slim, it's still possible. Before you claim the money and become a billionaire, you absolutely need to do this.
The larger the Powerball jackpot gets, the more likely people are to buy at least one ticket, even though the odds of winning are astronomical. To put it in perspective, here are five crazy things that are more likely to happen to you than winning Powerball.
Last minute sales of Powerball tickets for tonight's drawing (February 11) have pushed the estimated jackpot to $500 million. Do you feel like you're the winner?
This year one state has been on a roll with Lottery winners; West Virginia is number one with nine people hitting the Powerball lottery for at least one million bucks. That means for every 200,000 people in their state they have had one person win one million dollars. Those are not very poor win rates for the lottery.