The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.04 billion after no tickets matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing.
Saturday night’s drawing produced white balls 19, 30, 37, 44 and 46 and red Powerball 22.
The $1.04 billion prize – an estimated $478.2 million in cash value – is the second-largest jackpot this year, topped only by a $1.08 billion prize won on July 19 by a ticketholder in California.
It’s 1:292.2 million, so 10 tickets is 1:29.22 million. There are theories about buying all 292.2 million numbers, but the issue always comes back to not being alone in the pool; you will win, but if someone else wins (or did the same thing), you will lose a few million for all your hard work.
Edit: also the tickets are now $2, so buying all numbers is still more expensive than the prize after taxes.