Many U.S.-based players have reportedly stopped purchasing Powerball tickets in spite of a growing jackpot, believing the odds of winning have plummeted amid the multistate lottery game’s recent expansion into the U.K. The Onion examines the key facts and figures behind Powerball.
1.2
Average number of years until winners miserable again
26
Brood size of the creature that lays the Powerballs
1998
First year women allowed to play Powerball
30 36 40 42 57 2
Previous winning numbers that are worthless to you now
1,705,882,352.94
Fluid ounces of Prego Roasted Garlic and Herb pasta sauce you could buy with a Powerball cash payout
$1.1 billion
What you’d have won if your kid was born two days later
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