Powerball Drawing: Clues From Previous Lottery Winners
NEW YORK — If you were disappointed that you had to go back to work today rather than being able to quit and start living a lavish lifestyle after winning the Powerball jackpot, never fear. There is another drawing on Saturday.
Not only does Saturday’s drawings bring more chances for life-changing decisions — it also brings the jackpot to a record-breaking new high.
Even though there was no grand prize winner on Wednesday night, there were quite a few people who still got a piece of the winnings. According to the Powerball website, some winners will take home $1 million or $2 million (before tax) because they had five of the six winning numbers (the $2 million winners paid a little more for the “power play” option). Non-jackpot prizes totaled $65,947,617.
But there is plenty more where that came from: the jackpot has now reached $800 million, far surpassing the previous record set by the 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million.
The jackpot is expected to grow even larger as more people buy tickets between now and Saturday night. Want to win? ABC News some ideas on how to win.
Source: ABC News