In February 1992, an Australian consortium tried to corner a $24 million Virginia Lotto jackpot, but the group was only able to purchase 2.4 million of the 7 million combinations before time ran out.

No one matched all six Powerball numbers Saturday night, leading to the current enormous prize. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.

In addition to the commissions, the lottery offers a prize payment to retailers of 1 percent on winning tickets, with a maximum prize of $100,000.

The jackpot hit an estimated $1.5 billion, Massachusetts Lottery officials said Tuesday.

The Texas Lottery Commission said they are seeing more participation from people across the state than ever more, many of that is from office pools.

The odds of winning the jackpot long, to say the least, but the state of MA is already cashing in. Different states close ticket sales and different times, and customers have reported waiting hours in line to nab a Powerball ticket.

It’s not only Americans getting excited about the Powerball jackpot.

People line up to buy Powerball lottery tickets at Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, Califo … The Powerball drawing is set for Wednesday, Jan. 13.

The world’s largest lottery jackpot has grown to $1.5 billion ($2.15 billion AUS) because of continuing strong Powerball ticket sales.

With just one day from the Powerball drawing, the jackpot is now $1.5 billion and could be higher than that by Wednesday.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot increase with the more tickets you buy.

“I can’t win the money if I don’t buy one”.

That’s roughly how much Gov. Charlie Baker cut out of the fiscal 2016 budget on Friday after his budget officials said there’s a $320 million gap. That’s five-percent more than for a US resident.

A very small percentage of players pick their own numbers and it’s well known that most players buy Quick Picks.