The Powerball is just shy of $2 billion Monday and it’s attracting those who won’t normally play the game.
“I got seven tickets here, so I'm hoping that is God's lucky number so hopefully I will be a lucky man,” said Derrick Johnson.
UC Berkeley Statistics Professor Philip Stark said a smaller fraction of the needed combination of numbers have been sold then in years past, dropping winners chances.Powerball's $1.9 Billion Jackpot Is the Biggest Ever—Here's How Much You'd Take Home in Every U.S. State “The cash value is still something less than a billion dollars, not that that is a small amount but the really big number is from interest on the payout,” he said. “If you take the payout overtime which relatively few people do.”
“They did that in part to fuel these big jackpots and then honestly the excitement fuels that sales rush and it’s a bit of a cycle at the top,” said Carolyn Becker, California Lottery spokesperson. “Because the more tickets we sell, the higher the jackpot goes.”
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