Here’s how much Mississippians spent trying to win the $2 billion Powerball jackpot
Mississippians may not have won the $2 billion Powerball jackpot, but you can’t say we didn’t try.
From Saturday, Oct. 29 to Monday, Nov. 7, Mississippi sold $13,221,033 in tickets to support the ever-growing jackpot. More than half of that total came from the last two drawings.
As a comparison, Mississippi’s Mega Million sales from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8 barely reached $1 million. By Nov. 8, the Mega Million jackpot was a respectable $154 million.
Basic Powerball tickets cost $2 each. Those who chose to add the Power Play option spent $3 per ticket.
Strong ticket sales helped push the jackpot to its record-breaking $2.04 billion, which had been estimated to only reach $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing. The odds of winning the jackpot is about 1 in 292 million.
Lady Luck was not with the Coast, but she did shine a little for one Gautier player who won $50,000 in the last drawing. The odds of winning $50,000 in Powerball are about 1 in 913,129.
Powerball drawings take place Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. Saturday’s drawing is worth $47 million with a cash value of $23 million.
Mississippi has 1,898 lottery retailers. Find the nearest one at mslotteryhome.com.
