Powerball heats up with $317 million jackpot

Comment #66

hsg2000 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:03:54 GMT

Share it with someone deserving person

Comment #65

easygoing123go — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:39:45 GMT

I though it be 380-420 on the rollover, maybe there going announce increase tomorrow to sell more tickers..

Keep Rolling

Comment #64

hearsetrax — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:01:21 GMT

let it roll to $450 million

Comment #63

bigbuckswede — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:41:17 GMT

Explanation here of calculation.

Powerball calculated odds

Comment #62

Think — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:13:19 GMT

Probably at first they would be in the state of shock.

Comment #61

Gleno — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:00:23 GMT

2/5/15

To all the Roll Over fans, the Power Ball game for next drawing on 2/7/15 has grown to a whopping $360M.

The news last night from Philadelphia T.V. showing some machines have broken down,more than once at one location, from heavy use.

You would think that there would be some up grading of the equipment by the states involved.

Have been in a few retailers who have two machines because of the heavy lottery traffic to their establishment's.

Good Luck is co... [ More ]

Comment #60

Teddi — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:56:37 GMT

Off the bat I have two issues with your premise

Believing Wikipedia is infallible Not getting that since there are between 11-18 jackpot Powerball winners each year in a country with a population of ~300million people (much less if you only count those 18 and older allowed to play), odds of 1:21 billion would not be producing that number of winners. Every single adult resident would have to purchase at least 100 tickets in each draw with no repeating lines for even one winner to be possible.... [ More ]

Comment #59

gocart1 — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:51:48 GMT

Holy Molie.....It rolled

Comment #58

PrinceRene — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 06:53:58 GMT

$360 million up for grabs for next Saturday's drawing.

Comment #57

scarchelli — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:29:04 GMT

I barely post here, but I had to log in and post to tell you how dumb you are. 21 billion..hahaha. Moron, there would be a winner only once every several years then.

Comment #56

PrinceRene — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:29:43 GMT

My money's on the Golden State. Matter of fact, I bet $20 on PB tickets with the hope the winner will be me. Good luck to everyone playing tonight.

Comment #55

LottoMetro — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:14:54 GMT

$360 million if no winner tonight.

Comment #54

Drenick1 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:37:15 GMT

If I were the lucky winner you can bet my husband would be tagging right along

Comment #53

PrinceRene — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:54:41 GMT

This is from the Powerball website: http://www.powerball.com/pb_contact.asp#odds

Federal and State Income tax apply to whatever income you actually receive in a given tax year, whether it is wages or lottery prizes. If you take the cash amount (say $50 million), then you pay income tax on $50 million) - most of it at the highest tax rate. If you take the annuity (say $100 million), then you pay income tax on the money you actually receive each year - moving more of the money to lower ta... [ More ]

Comment #52

pickone4me — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:00:44 GMT

It more then likely won't roll too many times if it isn't won tonight. Speaking of wins, I wonder what state the winner will be in.

Comment #51

RJOh — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:31:48 GMT

You mean what is the winner going to do with his/her, mostly likely his $157,949,600 after taxes. Ever wonder why mostly men claim the really big jackpots? Usually there's a woman tagging along when he does claim it. I would like to see a women claim it with a man tagging along when she claimed it.

Comment #50

lejardin — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:12:01 GMT

The same thing I am going to do with my net $165,450,000 lol. Good Luck

Comment #49

Think — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:11:43 GMT

As far as combinations are concerned it is 59C5=5,006,386*35=175,223,510

As far as permutations are concerned it is 59P5=600,766,320*35=2.10268212*10^10

In Powerball you do NOT have to match them in the order they come out of the machine so the odd are 175,223,510 to 1

Comment #48

Guru101 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:02:34 GMT

What am I going to do with my $157,949,600 after taxes

Comment #47

PrinceRene — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:05:03 GMT

To claim there are 21+ billion combinations in the Powerball lottery is insane. The population of the US is about 320 million people.

So even if every man, woman and child in the United States bought a lottery ticket and you had a 100% participation in the lottery, that would only account for about 320 million out of the 21+ billion combinations you are claiming.

It would take years for anyone to win the jackpot and each jackpot rollover would be over 300+ million dollars annuity for each

Comment #46

Gleno — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:47:40 GMT

Any chemistry students in LP? Chemical elements have an atomic number assigned to them

Last power ball winning numbers were:

05- Boron

11- Sodium

16- Sulfur

26- Iron

50- Tin

34- Selenium

Yeah, we all know the game is a random event but it was interesting to see which elements were randomly selected.

Comment #45

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:40:01 GMT

Yea this will get crazy if it rolls

Comment #44

christina1992 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:53:47 GMT

im so excited that the drawing is today!!! good luck everyonne. i hope it rolls over until saturday if i dont win today

Comment #43

Prob988 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:23:00 GMT

Comment #42

Piaceri — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:51:12 GMT

I gots mine too!! Some for me!! Some for the office pool to share!!

But I'll take tonight's Megamillions as a consolation prize.

Comment #41

Jace2014 — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:37:01 GMT

Comment #40

Stack47 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:56:44 GMT

If the sales are about the same as for the last $317 million jackpot (about 50 million tickets) and about a 29% chance of being won.

Comment #39

christina1992 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:50:38 GMT

i hope somebody (me) lol wins the lottery this weds or saturday msyb even next weds but thats it cus thats enough money for one person. i dont it to go high 400ish or more its too much money!! lol. i like playing when its 100 to 300 something milliion

Comment #38

KY Floyd — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:05:24 GMT

We get it. You're a clueless idiot.

Aside from not knowing what a combination is, you're not even bright enough to figure out that having a handful of winners every year means that 21 billion combinations couldn't possibly be right.

On the positive side, maybe you could get a modeling job as the poster child for the lottery is for people who don't understand math campaign.

Comment #37

easygoing123go — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:21:17 GMT

Hoping it rolls over too, $420,000,000.00 Then send me the money,,,,

Comment #36

dpoly1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:28:52 GMT

Comment #35

dpoly1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:28:07 GMT

Ima Got My Tickets

Comment #34

RJOh — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:44:36 GMT

Everybody already know their odds of losing, you aren't telling anyone anything they don't already. Your information is totally worthless.

Comment #33

Technut — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:38:12 GMT

i know what you are doing and it's call doing the odds chart calculations using #/1 method which is how odds charts are made.

Comment #32

Technut — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:33:23 GMT

As far as combinations are concerned when the drawing begins there are 59 balls in the machine so you have 59 possibilities of what comes out. Once the first ball is drawn then you have 58 left, 2nd ball drawn you have 57 left, 3rd Ball drawn you have 56 left, 4 ball drawn you have 55 left, so in that simple true look at the numbers you get my first result of 59*58*57*56*55=600,766,320 then you have to add the 35 power combo's to that number and get the 21+billion. I know the odds chart says 175... [ More ]

Comment #31

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:27:13 GMT

lol You are still wrong.

The total number of possible Powerball ticket combinations is

59 x 58 x 57 x 56 x 55

------------------------------ x 35 = 175,223,510

5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

or

( (59*58*57*56*55)*35 )/ (5!) = ( (59*58*57*56*55)*35 )/ (5*4*3*2*1) = equals 175,223,510 combinations.

Therefore, the odds AND number of combinations are 1 in 175,223,510

For every winning jackpot ticket, there are 34 other tickets that have the five white balls correct, but not th... [ More ]

Comment #30

Technut — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:14:50 GMT

apparently you people still don't get it. 1in ##### is an ODDS CHART! not true numbers. i can prove it you another way. look at the bottom prize hitting only the power ball. The chart says the odds are 1in55 ok then why is that since there are only 35 power balls. its because you could JUST MAYBE win a higher prize by getting one or more white balls with that power ball. ENOUGH SAID

Comment #29

gocart1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:12:35 GMT

I hope it rolls over just to see how high it will go...Best of lady Luck to all my LP friends...Be Safe

Comment #28

PrinceRene — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:00:38 GMT

With the current Powerball matrix, there are 59 white balls and 35 power balls. In order to win the jackpot you would need to match all 5 white balls drawn plus match the one red powerball that will be picked.

For the 5 white balls there are 5,006,386 combinations that can be drawn, then you have to multiply 5,006,386 by 35 based on the 35 possible powerballs that can be drawn which takes you to 175,223,510 possible combinations.

Trying to beat 1 in 175,223,510 possible combinations is bad... [ More ]

Comment #27

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:40:29 GMT

Sorry, but there are 175,223,510 combinations not 21 billion combinations. Your simple math is wrong.

Comment #26

PrinceRene — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:36:57 GMT

even if you had the cash, trying to buy all 175,223,510 possible combinations would be a nightmare. You would have to go to a lottery retailer and have them print you out all those tickets. The machine or machines would have to print out tickets non-stop for days. You'd also have to make sure you are getting different number combinations and not getting any repeat combinations so you'd have all possible combinations covered.

After all that, there is no guarantee you would be the only winner.... [ More ]

Comment #25

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:09:56 GMT

Uhhhh, no.

There are 175,223,510 possible combinations. Not 21 billion.

That's what 1 in refers to. One ticket out of 175,223,510 possible combinations.

Comment #24

Technut — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:50:43 GMT

Actually that number is the odds chart which includes fact you could win a lower prize. if you want the real number of combinations just use a calculator and you will see that with 59*58*57*56*55*35=21,026,821,200 which is 21+Billion combinations. It's not worth even trying to play every single possible combination. PEOPLE the odds chart are just that an odds chart which includes multiple ways to win a prize. simple math can always tell you what the real number of combinations are available for... [ More ]

Comment #23

Gleno — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:35:48 GMT

Time to get a power ball ticket.

Comment #22

Mattmccl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:07:16 GMT

so if it rolls over again tonight we could theoretically buy everyone and make a profit. interesting, anyone got bill gates number i got a proposition for him...lol jk

Comment #21

hearsetrax — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:36:10 GMT

I thought you were already blessed in some depts

as for me ..... I'm gonna toss in my $2 and see what happens

s to one of us here at the LP campgrounds getting that lucky this Wednesday

Comment #20

DemiGreek — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:01:41 GMT

Are there any syndication(s) set up to simply sells tickets, on lotteries which allow syndication? (all possible numbers are already set up ) using your favorite or chosen numbers shouldn't be applicable.

It seems as though this would pretty much clinch winning something if enough tickets were sold. You could increase your percentage of the winnings by purchasing more tickets.

If so- which would be recommended?

Thanks for your input!!

Looking forward to winning!

Yi... [ More ]

Comment #19

KY Floyd — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:05:12 GMT

Probability thinks it will roll again. It looks like MUSL is expecting to sell something under 40 million tickets. That means that only about 20% of the combinations will be sold, so there's about an 80% chance it will roll over.

Comment #18

delS — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 04:27:00 GMT

Good luck to everyone! This is my year to collect a huge Jackpot win. Wednesday is fine with me.

Comment #17

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 04:05:42 GMT

There are 175,223,510 possible combinations.

Comment #16

Mattmccl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:43:45 GMT

Does anyone know how many number combinations their is in the powerball?? Jus curious...lol

Comment #15

caren1235 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:35:27 GMT

good luck

Comment #14

maringoman — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:51:10 GMT

After the blizzards we got the last 2 weeks I'm ready for some good news.

Comment #13

Drenick1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:47:53 GMT

I will get two QP's on Wednesday. No big expectations but hoping Lady Luck will one day bless me.

Comment #12

Marilyn222 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:40:33 GMT

Good luck to everybody

Comment #11

mypiemaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:38:21 GMT

Kudos to the Chief{Todd}. He is the King of Stats. I am pleasantly surprised about the cash value ranking of #12. I already got my 5 lines with powerplay{self pick} and 2 lines with powerplay {quick pick}. I hate to be the guy who waited till the last minute and then turn around and whine about it. I'll buy more if necessary. Happy jackpot hunting to everybody

Comment #10

PrisonerSix — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:37:08 GMT

I have one ticket for myself and 3 tickets in my office lottery pool which if won, will be shared amongst 11 people. $14million after taxes still isn't too bad.

Comment #9

SammyJoe10 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:32:46 GMT

Good luck everyone! That's a lot of money.

Comment #8

IPlayWeekly — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:04:12 GMT

I'm predicting at least 10 (1 million dollar) 2nd place winners for the next drawing.

Comment #7

mikeintexas — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:52:06 GMT

I splurged and got two lines for the next drawing.

If I don't win it, I hope someone else in here does. Well, maybe some of the someone else.

Comment #6

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:18:59 GMT

I bought one ticket today. Good luck everyone.

Comment #5

IPlayWeekly — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:56:54 GMT

Just 2 more days

Comment #4

maximumfun — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:03:50 GMT

317M$A or 220M$C? I would take the cash - but depending on the day, I would opt for the annuity - more options for starting fresh each year. What lovely problems to have! Already in the top 25! Good luck everyone

Comment #3

hearsetrax — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:39:00 GMT

should be a most curious drawing this Wednesday......... but time will spin a most curious yarn

personally I hope it keeps rolling till April

Comment #2

PrinceRene — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:30:19 GMT

I got my tickets. Good luck everyone.

Comment #1

haymaker — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:27:45 GMT

I might be tempted to buy a ticket for this draw, anyone think it's going to roll again

Powerball heats up with $317 million jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:59:01 GMT

Largest Powerball jackpot in a year; 12th-largest cash value in US lottery history

By Todd Northrop

Big multi-state lottery jackpots may have been missing somewhat in 2014, but just a month into 2015 lottery players are already seeing a second massive grand prize looming.

The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday, February 4, 2015, now stands at $317 million the largest jackpot for the game in nearly a year. The last time a Powerball jackpot was this large was on Feb. 19, 2014, when a Star Wa... [ More ]