Thomas Promise Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Powerball jackpot swelled to $1.5 billion on Tuesday morning, a day ahead of the next drawing. Want to join the .0001? Win the Powerball. http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/12/news/current-powerball-jackpot-billion/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom Link to comment
dnoblett Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 They played with the rules last fall so as to make odd of winning smaller prizes higher, however the odds of hitting the jackpot has increased considerably... http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/06/odds-are-you-wont-like-this-powerball-story/29799555/ Link to comment
Dennis143 Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 A ticket buys you the chance to dream... that's all. Link to comment
danb Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 If you don't play, You can't win. I know. A long shot. A very long shot, but someone has to win. DanB. Link to comment
Thomas Promise Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Being the highest lottery ever at more then $1.5 billion it just maybe a once in a lifetime phenom. Link to comment
Thomas Promise Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 The winning tickets were sold in Chino Hills, California; Munford, Tennessee; and in Melbourne Beach, Florida, according to state lottery officials.The winning numbers were 08, 27, 34, 04 and 19, and the Powerball was 10. http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/13/news/powerball-winner-lottery/index.html?iid=surge-toplead-dom Link to comment
dnoblett Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 One in Florida, I wonder if it was this monster pool? Melbourne Beach is due east of Tampa on the Atlantic coast, perhaps their pool extended that far. Tampa buddies form mother of all Powerball pools: $146,000 for 73,000 tickets By Wednesday afternoon, about six hours before the drawing for the record-breaking $1.5 billion jackpot, the Tampa men had organized a pool with about 270 participants who forked over at least $500 each. That's $146,000, which bought about 73,000 $2 tickets. The result: The group's odds of winning were just over 1 in 4,000. By comparison, the odds of any single Powerball ticket winning were 1 in 292.2 million. "While it's still a longshot, it's reasonable," said McGuinness, a 32-year-old partner in a Tampa realty investment firm. MORE... http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/tampa-buddies-form-mother-of-all-powerball-pools-145000-for-72500-tickets/2261154 Link to comment
Randy W Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/BFF/videos/819394901520307/?hc_location=ufi Link to comment
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