When Is The Next Powerball Drawing After March 22, 2017?
A person in Wisconsin won $155 million Wednesday night in the Powerball drawing, and while you may not have had the winning numbers — 2, 9, 27, 29, 42 and 9 — this time around, you have a chance later this week. Powerball drawings take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. EDT.
So far, the jackpot is estimated at $40 million, a $24 million cash value, according to the Powerball website. Your chances of winning vary: If you're hoping to win the grand prize, your odds are one in 292 million. Chances are more likely you'd die from an asteroid strike, get struck by lightning or become a movie star, TIME reported.
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In the event that you do play, you'll want to tune in Saturday to find out the results. You can find out which channel will be showing the drawing here, though it's usually an ABC, NBC or CBS affiliate. Or check it out online here.
If you're a big lottery fan, Fortune suggests you download LotteryHub, a smartphone app that helps you track Powerball, Mega Millions and individual state lotteries.
It also may be worth tuning in to the news shows before and after the Powerball draw, though. Last January, in the run-up to the $1.5 billion Powerball lottery, Fox 5 Las Vegas interviewed a man who gave quite the answer when asked what he'd buy if he won the windfall.
"A bunch of hookers and cocaine," he said, according to KLUC.
The man, identified only as "Isaac," later clarified, saying that he was caught off-guard by the anchor's question and decided to give a dumb answer. He also said he was married and had two kids, so his dreams of drugs and prostitutes were a joke.
"My wife would kick my ass," he explained.
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