be very careful of the tax man....(irs)...move from your residence....
The Powerball jackpot changes based on how many people played it in the week before, and whether it is won or not. It is not set according to the time of the year or the economy, but these things could have an effect on how many people play Powerball, and thus indirectly affect the jackpot amount. i.e. If the Powerball jackpot is no won, the Powerball operator has to put a certain amount of the money from ticket sales back into the prize pool for the next week - that is how the jackpot amount is set.
Powerball is a lottery program that is available in many states. California will be joining the Powerball lottery in 2013. Unfortunately, Powerball does not publish statistics on wins by state. They only publish statistics of wins by jackpot amount.
Thats five matching numbers 1-55 and the Powerball match a 1-42 chance. Odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 146,107,962 With the addition of Florida to the PowerBall (Jan, 2009). The probablity has changed. It is now:Five matching numbers 1-59 and the Powerball match a 1-39 chanceOdds of winning the Powerbal Jackpot are 1 in 195,249,054
To win the jackpot there are 5,006,386 combinations for the five numbers x 35 powerball choices, so there are 175,223,510 combinations for picking the jackpot combination.
As of October 2023, New Jersey has won the Powerball jackpot a total of 25 times since the game was introduced in 1992. The state has had several notable winners, including a record-setting jackpot in 2016. New Jersey remains one of the top states for Powerball winners, reflecting its active participation in the lottery.
They are trying to pull a fast one on us... nobody won but they just droped it down to 20,000,000
The cash value of Powerball is determined based on the total jackpot amount and the estimated number of tickets sold for the drawing. The lottery officials calculate the cash value by estimating how much money they will need to pay out the jackpot prize and other lower-tier prizes.
Powerball holds the world record for the largest lotto jackpot at $1.586 billion, shared by three winning tickets on Jan. 13, 2016. The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever was in Oct. 23, 2018 when an anonymous person in South Carolina. won $1.537 billion, the world's largest lotto jackpot ever awarded on a single ticket.
Just happened, 450 million dollars I believe.
Matching one number and the Powerball is worth four dollars. Matching two numbers and the Powerball is worth seven dollars. The higher numbers are dependent on the jackpot total.
Since 2003, Pennsylvania state has sold the most winning powerball tickets.There were 12 jackpot tickets sold in Pennsylvania.After that Indiana has sold 9 ticket.Check the statewise list of all powerball jackpot winners at :http://portalseven.com/lottery/powerball_jackpot_map.jsp
In November 2012, the Powerball lottery jackpot, often referred to as "PCH" (Publishers Clearing House), was won by a single ticket holder in Arizona. The winning ticket was sold for the drawing held on November 28, 2012, and the jackpot reached approximately $587.5 million, one of the largest in Powerball history.