Powerball jackpot soars to record $675 million

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$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot approaches billion-dollar range
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By Todd Northrop

This is the lottery jackpot every lottery player has been waiting for!

Reaching into uncharted stratospheric heights, the Saturday Powerball jackpot is by far the largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen, and is now also the largest lump-sum cash jackpot in world history.

Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $700 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has once again raised the official Powerball jackpot estimate for the Sat., Jan. 9, drawing to $800 million, with a lump-sum cash payout of $496 million.

And it may not stop there.

Players should watch for further jackpot increases before the Saturday drawing. Long lines of ticket buyers across the nation are generating lottery ticket sales at unprecedented levels. Players should avoid waiting until the last minute to buy their their tickets.

"Saturday's jackpot will be the largest jackpot of any U.S. lottery game on record. This is truly exciting and uncharted territory," said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery and chair of the Powerball game group. "We want to remind players to play responsibly and that it only takes one ticket to win."

Saturday's jackpot started at $40 million on Nov. 7, 2015, and is the result of 18 drawings with no jackpot winner.

When nobody won the jackpot on Wednesday night, the initial estimate for Saturday's drawing was established at $675 million,setting the world record for a lottery jackpot. Less than 12 hours later, that estimate was raised to $700 million. And now, less than 24 hours after the last increase, MUSL has again raised the official estimate to $800 million.

The final jackpot tally will be announced during the live draw show on Saturday night, although it's still possible the official estimate will be increased again before then.

Although some lottery players (and some in the news media) believe Spain's El Gordo carries the largest lottery jackpot in the world, this is not the case. El Gordo, despite being termed a "lottery" is actually a raffle-style game, and the top prize is always divided between hundreds of winners. It is like a lottery scratch game in which is the total available prize pool of up to hundreds of millions of dollars is split between thousands of winners, and is not considered a "jackpot".

A jackpot is a large cash prize that accumulates until it is won, whereas a prize pool is the total value awarded to all players of a game. Thus, Powerball has the largest jackpot in world history, while El Gordo has the largest prize pool. Some may believe this is splitting hairs, but in the lottery industry it is an important distinction, and unfortunately one that the mainstream news media cares little to differentiate.

Powerball jackpots start at $40 million and roll until the jackpot is won. Players win the jackpot by matching five numbers from a field of 69 numbers and one Powerball number from a field of 26 numbers. Drawings are conducted each Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.

Powerball lottery results are published within minutes of the drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com). The USA Mega Web site provides lottery players in-depth information about the United States's two biggest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball.

Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time

Saturday's Powerball jackpot currently stands as the largest lottery jackpot of all time in the United States — and in the world. The amount of the jackpot may rise even further before the drawing Saturday night, as lotteries are typically conservative in their initial estimates, and brisk sales will certainly continue to push the jackpot estimate higher by draw time.

If nobody wins Saturday... well, let's not even go there.
 
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Bad news: You didn't win the estimated $500 million Powerball prize on Wednesday night.

Good news: No one else did.

And because of that, the already huge jackpot soared to $675 million, the largest in U.S. history, the Texas Lottery tweeted late Wednesday.

(According to reports, a ticket in Burbank, Calif., matched five out of six numbers. The Los Angeles Times says the winner is taking home $424,000.)


The numbers drawn on Wednesday were 47-2-63-62-11, with Powerball 17. Powerball is played in 44 states, including Texas. It's also in the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

So good luck to you on Saturday. You may want to buy your ticket at some Texas lottery hotspots shown in the slideshow above.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Powerball-jackpot-soars-to-675-million-6742185.php

Hnic better hope I don't hit the next jackpot.. I'm throwing 100k to him and relieving him of his duties and the mods..

Imma run this bitch like a dictatorship
 
Hnic better hope I don't hit the next jackpot.. I'm throwing 100k to him and relieving him of his duties and the mods..

Imma run this bitch like a dictatorship
:roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2:

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I'm going to buy my 3 tickets, go in on a couple of office pools for a couple dollars a piece. total I won't spend more than 12 bucks. I got a better chance at guessing the real name of the guy who posted above me. Not worth risking a bunch of money off of it. And, the odds are 1 and 176 million
 
I'm going to buy my 3 tickets, go in on a couple of office pools for a couple dollars a piece. total I won't spend more than 12 bucks. I got a better chance at guessing the real name of the guy who posted above me. Not worth risking a bunch of money off of it. And, the odds are 1 and 176 million


More like 1 in 292,201,338 according to the lottery.
 
I'm going to buy my 3 tickets, go in on a couple of office pools for a couple dollars a piece. total I won't spend more than 12 bucks. I got a better chance at guessing the real name of the guy who posted above me. Not worth risking a bunch of money off of it. And, the odds are 1 and 176 million
lotto: yes yes we like that idea and if 30 million people thought juss like u we'd make 360 million dollars..juss to announce nobody won again..than throw out another outrageous number to keep having people spend money on this con artist bizz we call lotto..selling bullshit for decades and still goin
 
I'm starting to think the Lotto is a scam. Who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Better yet, who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Now who on here knows an NBA or NFL player? Even though the number of NFL players are low, pretty much everyone on here knows somebody that knows somebody that plays in the NFL. Can't say the same for jackpot winners. I think it will come out that the whole thing is fixed someday.
 
If I won u or nobody that knows u would know.

#JustSayin

But I see ur point
I think the McDonald's monopoly game is a scam. They dnt even have publicity pics like they did back in the day for winners.
 
I know a dude's uncle that won the Mega Millions for $54 million. He ended up with over $25 million after taxes. Cool dude but his nephews are not there because they think he is cool. They protecting him.
 
I'm starting to think the Lotto is a scam. Who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Better yet, who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Now who on here knows an NBA or NFL player? Even though the number of NFL players are low, pretty much everyone on here knows somebody that knows somebody that plays in the NFL. Can't say the same for jackpot winners. I think it will come out that the whole thing is fixed someday.
scam 1 they sell u 1 number and give u another..they say 675 million but if u win ur lucky if u get to take home 300mill..bait and switch..they will never promote the bread after taxes but will always promote the bread b4 taxes..selling lies to get more sales

scam 2 how much does the lotto make yearly and how much prize money does it shell out??? in a 365 day period how many times does people actually hit the jackpot??? the house always wins and the percentage it keeps compared to the money they spend is a big gap

lotto is in the bizzness of selling illusions
 
scam 1 they sell u 1 number and give u another..they say 675 million but if u win ur lucky if u get to take home 300mill..bait and switch..they will never promote the bread after taxes but will always promote the bread b4 taxes..selling lies to get more sales

scam 2 how much does the lotto make yearly and how much prize money does it shell out??? in a 365 day period how many times does people actually hit the jackpot??? the house always wins and the percentage it keeps compared to the money they spend is a big gap

lotto is in the bizzness of selling illusions

Don King used to run numbers back in the day up here. Caught cases behind that. Now the states get rich. Manufactured crimes are funny that way.
 
I'm starting to think the Lotto is a scam. Who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Better yet, who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Now who on here knows an NBA or NFL player? Even though the number of NFL players are low, pretty much everyone on here knows somebody that knows somebody that plays in the NFL. Can't say the same for jackpot winners. I think it will come out that the whole thing is fixed someday.
Somebody around the corner from me won a super big one back in 2011. I saw a fucking maybach being loaded onto a trailer on that street 2 weeks later. I knew it had to be them because it was so outta place for that 1950's style middle class hood.
 
Somebody around the corner from me won a super big one back in 2011. I saw a fucking maybach being loaded onto a trailer on that street 2 weeks later. I knew it had to be them because it was so outta place for that 1950's style middle class hood.
No way I'd ever do more than rent a Maybach. I want to stand out for my talents (singing, writing), I don't want to stand out in a way that would get me capped. I'm blending in. It's going to be a luxury SUV, but nothing super gaudy like a Bentley or Maybach
 
Arent the really high powerballs or lottos that get so high someone has to win usually split between like 4 or 7 winners? imagine you won but 23 others had the same number
Aint no 23 people hitting all those numbers man. Maybe 3.

No way I'd ever do more than rent a Maybach. I want to stand out for my talents (singing, writing), I don't want to stand out in a way that would get me capped. I'm blending in. It's going to be a luxury SUV, but nothing super gaudy like a Bentley or Maybach

Blending in? :lol: Nigga Im moving to a place where that would be blending in if I hit.
U think Im gonna be living in Milwaukee if I hit half a bil???? Id definitely be moving to a place
where it wouldn't be odd to see a 250k car. Vegas or Miami or some shit. Have me fat crib and a condo in the hometown though.
 
More like 1 in 292,201,338 according to the lottery.
Damn, they made already astronomical odds even worse? Damn. When I was a kid it was 1:56,000,000 and last I heard a few years ago it was 1:176,000,000 and now 1:300,000,000 - wow.
 
Fucking A....aww well them hoes only got me for $3, and they will get me for another $3 on Saturday till I hit.....and when I do I wanna do my best to start some shit with these CACs by buying up some resources and land.
 
scam 1 they sell u 1 number and give u another..they say 675 million but if u win ur lucky if u get to take home 300mill..bait and switch..they will never promote the bread after taxes but will always promote the bread b4 taxes..selling lies to get more sales

scam 2 how much does the lotto make yearly and how much prize money does it shell out??? in a 365 day period how many times does people actually hit the jackpot??? the house always wins and the percentage it keeps compared to the money they spend is a big gap

lotto is in the bizzness of selling illusions
They can bait and switch the hell out of me for 300 mill take home Bruh...
 
I'm starting to think the Lotto is a scam. Who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Better yet, who on here knows anyone that hit a jackpot? Now who on here knows an NBA or NFL player? Even though the number of NFL players are low, pretty much everyone on here knows somebody that knows somebody that plays in the NFL. Can't say the same for jackpot winners. I think it will come out that the whole thing is fixed someday.
one of my momma frieds got 5 numers on the power ball like 4 years ago i got 5 number on louisiana lottery last year close enough
 
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