Metro residents are lining up for a chance to live the rest of their lives on easy street.
The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is an estimated $430 million to a single annuity winner.
Getting in that neighborhood, though, has long odds. The game has rolled 18 times since June 14 , according to the Georgia Lottery.
It stands to reason, the higher the jackpot the more interest it generates.
Even if you don’t win the big money, there’s still a chance to win enough to establish a college fund, pay off a few bills, take that dream vacation or move out of your parents’ house.
Two winning tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Tifton and Cedartown in the last Powerball drawing on Saturday. More than 69,000 players in Georgia won more than $332,000 in prizes .
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Here’s are 5 fast facts about Powerball:
1) Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $430 million jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments; or the cash option, which is approximately $273 million.
2) Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $18.7 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program
3) The odds of winning the jackpot prize is approximately 1:292 million
4) The largest Powerball jackpot - $1.586 billion - was won on Jan. 13, 2016 by winners who bought tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee.
5) The largest Powerball winners in Georgia was a couple who won a $246 million jackpot on Sept. 17, 2016. They selected the cash option of $165.3 million.
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