Billion-Dollar Powerball Jackpot?

Reply #9

keepitreal — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:54:22 GMT

I hope no one win and the jackpot is over 1 billion. It will take a few days to get there.

Reply #8

WhoaMama — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:41:38 GMT

With advice from a store clerk and odds like this, I don't think it's worth buying a ticket today. So I didn't buy a ticket.

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:08:53 GMT

Can we please explain why someone is going to win before it hits a billion?

Probability.

Based on the estimated jackpots and ticket sales there's a 73.9% chance of a rollover tonight, and a 67% chance of a rollover for Wednesday's $750 million jackpot. That means there's just under a 50% chance of both drawings having a rollover, so the most likely outcome is that we have a winner before it gets (much) past 750. Of course the final totals might not be 625 and 750, so it's possible that th... [ More ]

Reply #6

weshar75 — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:56:54 GMT

I am thinking that Saturday night the powerball jackpot will be won by someone in the USA.-weshar75

Reply #5

Raven62 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:05:24 GMT

The Law of Large Numbers!

292,201,338 possible Powerball number combinations: If 250,000,000 Combinations are Sold the remain 42,201,338 Unsold Combinations are Losers while one of the 250,000,000 Combinations is a Winner.

Reply #4

Stack47 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:08:59 GMT

Because so far there hasn't been a $1 billion cash value jackpot?

If you're talking about the annuitized $1 billion jackpot, I know of a guy that got $1 million from his dad and turned that in over $1 billion in less than 30 years. If you're really interested in the percentages of this jackpot being hit before it hits a $1 billion, check the ticket sales. If it's over 150 million tickets are sold than there is slightly over a 50% chance the jackpot will be won.

If you're asking for wild gu... [ More ]

Reply #3

WhoaMama — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:36:32 GMT

Can we please explain why someone is going to win before it hits a billion

Reply #2

WhoaMama — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:18:08 GMT

OK, enough of the sarcasm. Will there be a winner before it hits a billion or after hits a billion?

Also, be realistic and don't be the one saying that night's prize is MINE

Reply #1

Raven62 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:04:20 GMT

What comes after Billion Dollar Jackpot? Trillion Dollar Jackpot

Billion-Dollar Powerball Jackpot?

WhoaMama — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:56:25 GMT

Will there be a billion dollar Powerball win?

Vote here and let me know!

Let's hope The Wolverine/Great Lakes state has a winner this time around if it does reach a billion