Billion dollar Jackpot

Reply #20

lotterypartner — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:34:06 GMT

I think never! Only if Powerball starts selling all over the world.

Reply #19

Scratch$ — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:37:40 GMT

Within 5 years.

Reply #18

PrinceRene — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:32:55 GMT

We were two or three rollovers away.

Reply #17

Think — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:32:13 GMT

It will be some time before we see a jackpot hit for a billion cash value.

They can easily offer a billion dollar jackpot any time they want.

IE a dollar a year for a billion years.

Reply #16

KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:38:18 GMT

As of this very moment there's about a 50% chance that it will roll again. A couple of years ago I'd have figured that a rollover when it was already at 500+ would almost certainly mean reaching a billion, but now I'm very skeptical. It's looking like tonight's final tally won't be very much past 500, for an increase of only 105 to 130 million from the last one. That's half of what we saw for the record PB jackpot in November 2012.

I expect that 2 more rolls would finally push it to a billion... [ More ]

Reply #15

bigbuckswede — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:33:06 GMT

Yes I know... but I hope. Maybe MM grow to $200m in time for our visit. I wont buy any ticket unless its over $100m.

Reply #14

Dead_Aim — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:01:28 GMT

Yes, when they change it to 1-250 white balls, the PB to 1-150 and a ticket cost $20 a play. And based on how often they like to add balls to the mix that should be some time next year.

Reply #13

delS — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:47:47 GMT

The Jackpot has a shelf life of no more than Saturday at best. So either tomorrow or Saturday I'll be the new winner.

Reply #12

PrinceRene — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:41:00 GMT

Sorry but I don't think this jackpot is going to have another 7 rollovers. If it does rollover 7 more times, it would be well over a billion dollars.

Reply #11

mrbg — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:15:10 GMT

It's coming. They would make a killing on sales.

Reply #10

bigbuckswede — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:22:22 GMT

It will be ready for the billion in just seven more rollovers when we visit NY

Reply #9

maringoman — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:57:33 GMT

I don't foresee a billion dollar jackpot unless the matrix became too crazy like maybe 5/75+ 1/40. Or maybe they decided to do computerized drawings. Or both. It would be nice to see that.

Reply #8

Raven62 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 11:38:06 GMT

Halfway There

Reply #7

delS — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 11:21:38 GMT

Its getting interesting...............

Reply #6

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:51:53 GMT

I picked within 5 years especiallly with powerball matrix change this year.

Reply #5

LottoMetro — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:40:36 GMT

Actually, in that $590 ($587) million drawing, roughly 80% of combinations were played. You can find old interviews where officials say that 4 out of every 5 combinations were sold. Even if a billion tickets were purchased randomly there would still be about 0.3% combinations unplayed.

The new matrix will, of course, exaggerate this further. If a billion tickets are purchased there will still be about 3% unplayed. Naturally, the reason is duplicates.

Re the OP, I do believe we will see a b... [ More ]

Reply #4

dognabit — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:17:45 GMT

That would be te only way I see it happening. If I remember correctly, the one Gloria Mackenzie won, every possible combination had been played.

Reply #3

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:38:19 GMT

I think it's a possibility if the matrix changes.

Reply #2

PrinceRene — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:19:39 GMT

I voted for this year option. PB is having a matrix change on April 15th (5/66 white balls + 1/32 powerball) which will make the jackpot harder to win, meaning more jackpot rollovers. For that reason, along with the $2 tickets, I can see a billion dollar annuity jackpot sometime in 2015.

Honestly though, I'd be happy if I won the base jackpot of $40 million.

Reply #1

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:02:49 GMT

With the change in the odds on MM PB over the last couple of years I think its possible this year.

Billion dollar Jackpot

delS — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:57:19 GMT

I posted this poll a few years back. Curious to see what people think in 2015. I say within 5 years.