$425 MILLION: Largest Powerball lottery jackpot in history

The current large jackpot is the result of a long string of games when the house did win. Cumulative-jackpot lotteries such as Powerball are essentially a massive transfer of value from the dupes who play when the jackpot is small to the wiser ones who wait until the jackpot is big, with the house taking a healthy cut along the way. Here's the one piece of solid advice in this column: If you play Powerball every day, stop playing Powerball every day. If your dollar can be spent for a 1 in 80 million chance of $10 million or a 1 in 80 million chance of $120 million, why would you choose the former? By Jordan Ellenberg.

I have a feeling they will let it go to new york or jersey because of the storm for three weeks ny has won the million and yesterday ny won the 1and2 million prize but like everyone i will buy the tickets i really think with the lottery setup the way it is they can choose if the jackpot has a winner and what state gets it.

glad to see powerball joined hes  cousin mega millions in 400 million range

they grow up so fast

i had some massive lotto fever thanks to mega millions 600m one

am sure this  powerball  give me the lottery fever again!

cue the 100s of media reports about this. free marketing time for lotteries!

also think state lotteries will set new sales records for the month :D lucky dogs

and its a good thing indeed tod powerball changed its game design/rules

before the change, we even had a stupid Cap on lottery jackpot amount

, it would Never of got this high with that thing sure in there, the change was for the better!

now we can see how big powerball can go.

i was thinking before tonite, o ya 300+ million, its won . nope, what a happy shock.

Nuclear Alarm Siren sounds plays in background.

i think mega millions 600m jackpot, got raised  many times over,  lotto fever is back and there no telling how high this pupply will fly before drawing time

500+ million  easy i say by draw time

i doubt it can reach mega millions total, sadly it would need 1 more draw for that

and if it somehow pulls off that like 3% chance of whatever % chance of it rolling

with nearly ever Set of numbers played, and rolls, say hello to 800 million range, 

god help us all if it does that"wallets will be hurting"   as am sure people personal "lottery budgets " how much they spend on it, are already being tossed out the windows with this one. like mega millions  600 before it, that thing was a monster.

OMG!  I will go crazy and get two tickets again.

What?? And not participate in the mass hysteria??

OMG!  I will go crazy and get two tickets again.

I have a feeling they will let it go to new york or jersey because of the storm for three weeks ny has won the million and yesterday ny won the 1and2 million prize but like everyone i will buy the tickets i really think with the lottery setup the way it is they can choose if the jackpot has a winner and what state gets it.

For everyone that thinks the lottery is not rigged!

"That should tell you something about the odds of hitting all 5 numbers and the PB."

Yeah! think of how the biggest lottery was won by 3 freaking tickets!

Most that are high are always split with more than 1 winner it seams.

Instead of making the lottery payouts higher why not every time they draw numbers they keep drawing until they have a winner so at least 2 winning ticket holders per week  win some  worth while money???

The very next post will likely be mcginnin56 also telling us that only TWO tickets are in the budget.........

What?? And not participate in the mass hysteria??