$550 Million Powerball Drawing is Tonight in Massachusetts and 41 States
Where in Belmont can you lay down a deuce for a chance at $550M, at 175 million to 1 odds.
Tonight at 10:59 p.m., someone – but more likely, some people – will be a heck of a lot better off when the Powerball lottery number is drawn, with the anticipated payoff of $550 million as of 2 p.m. but expect that number to jump later in the day. And all for betting a deuce (that would be $2). Powerball is a relatively simple game of chance combining a large jackpot game and a cash game. A minute before 11 p.m., five white balls will be selected out of a drum with 59 balls and one red ball out of a drum with 35 red balls; you win by matching the five white and single red balls. And the odds of winning tonight? Long odds: try 1 in 175 million. Second prize is matching the five white balls; do that and you pocket $1 million. Odds for that…
