The third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history has people in some U.S. states crossing state lines, hoping to get in on the action.
What are the odds you win the lottery? You're more likely to be struck by lightning.Loretta Williams lives in Alabama but drove to Georgia to buy a lottery ticket for a chance at winningShe was one of many Alabama ticket-buyers flooding across state lines Thursday. The third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history has people around the country clamoring for a chance to win.
In Georgia, a billboard along Interstate 85 beckons motorists to stop at a gas station billing itself as the "#1 LOTTERY STORE" — 2 miles from the Alabama-Georgia line. Alabama car tags outnumbered Georgia ones in the parking lot at times and a line for ticket purchases stretched across the store. In Malad, Idaho, 13 miles from the Utah line, KJ’s Kwik Stop is taking advantage of Powerball's absence in Utah, advertising directly to Utah residents to cross over for tickets. "Just because Utah doesn’t participate in the lottery doesn’t mean you can’t!" their website read recently.
Anchorage podcast host Keith Gibbons was in New York earlier this week but forgot to buy a Powerball ticket, even though he didn’t know the size of the jackpot. His response when told it could be $1.5 billion: "I need a ticket." Taking a break from shoveling snow off his sidewalk, the Anchorage man said he once won $10,000 in a Canadian lottery. But it was so long ago, he said, that he doesn’t remember what he did with the windfall other than "paid taxes."
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