The estimated jackpot for Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery is $750 million, making it the seventh largest prize in the game’s history and the 12th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
No tickets with all six numbers have been sold since July 19, when a lucky ticket worth $1.08 billion was sold at a downtown Los Angeles mini-market.
Saturday’s drawing will be the 28th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 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.
Ticket sales end at 7 p.m. The drawing will be held at 7:59 p.m.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Buying tickets at a store where tickets with large jackpots have been sold in the past will not increase your chances of winning, 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, if you want a better chance of avoiding sharing the jackpot, choose numbers that aren’t selected as often, Alexander suggested. Many lottery players choose their birth dates, so numbers higher than 31 are less likely to be played.
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