Largest Jackpot Since Christmas Eve at Stake in Wednesday evening’s Powerball Drawing – MyNewsLA.com
The jackpot for Wednesday evening’s multi-state Powerball lottery is $283 million, its largest since the $1.817 billion jackpot Dec. 24, the second largest jackpot in U.S. history.
A ticket with all six numbers has not been sold for the past 19 draws. The last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold was May 2, the second consecutive drawing when a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.
Buying tickets at a location where tickets with large jackpots have been sold in the past will not increase a player’s chance of winning the jackpot, according to USC mathematics professor Ken Alexander.
“The chance that a given place will sell a winning lottery ticket is just related to how many tickets they sell,” Alexander told City News Service.
However, players wanting a better chance of avoiding sharing the jackpot should choose numbers that aren’t selected as often, Alexander said.
Lottery players frequently choose the date of their birthdays as one of their numbers, so numbers higher than 31 would be played less, Alexander said.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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