Powerball jackpot jumps to $650 million

There was a lot of fever at the DMV that Powerball

jackpot

hit $650

million

this is the top 10 Powerball

jackpot

s and a lot of people have been buying tickets yeah we got Doug Lloyd with the Maryland Lottery live with us now to break it all down John and Doug it's always exciting when the numbers get that big but let's put it in context and give people realistically what their chances are of winning this grand prize well yeah the chances possibilities are slim. you know, a billion to one to hit the jackpot, that's why it happens so rarely, in fact, even here in 2023, we've only hit three jackpots, they happen to happen in February, March, and April, so uh.

Weird series of events here coming up in 2023 this one had a chance to grow and that's why now we see it breaking the top 10 in Powerball jackpots and you know if it continues after this we're prepared to to have one that sits right in I'm in the middle of the top ten Powerball jackpots, but also cracking the top 10 of the top US jackpots, so I don't care, uh, Maureen, and my chances . I want to know how much money I will get each month if I drink, yes. Now if I take if I take if I take the lump sum no if I take the annuities how much is that each month?

Well, that's a good question, so it ends up being a $675

million

annuity and then we divide it by 30, okay. your payments graduated, so you'll start at a certain level, you'll actually get two payments in the first year and then it just goes up from there, over the 30 years, I've got a full breakdown, but it's too boring for you. viewers and his cash option for tonight would be $340.9 million this is what i want to know how come no one in this area seems to win? I feel like I had to drive into a dark area, did it ever work out, you know, it's funny, people win. in the area and the most important thing to remember is that there are nine different prize levels within this game, so there is a good chance that you will have a winning ticket even if it is not one of the higher levels and only, for example, in Nationwide.

I got a point 8 million winning tickets in the last draw OH 43,000 of them here in Maryland so there's a lot of great wins and some players are actually using a feature that we have with Powerball that's only available in DC and Maryland. It's called double play and it gives you two chances to play those numbers, again, so yes, you play once and you don't win because it doesn't work. If you work, you could earn up to 10 million dollars and I'm about to go shopping. my tickets right we all need to be alright joe don't forget your son right y'all always say don't forget don't forget i'd share