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A Statistician's View: What Are Your Chances of Winning the Powerball Lottery?

Ronald L. Wasserstein | Posted 05.16.2013 | Science
Ronald L. Wasserstein

Your chance of winning the lottery on a single ticket is one in 175 million. That seems tiny, and it is. In fact, it's so small that it is difficult for us to grasp. Understanding how small this number is provides the key to understanding how likely -- or unlikely -- it is you will become the next big winner of the Powerball jackpot.

$360 MILLION

AP | BARBARA RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business

DES MOINES, Iowa — The winning numbers have been drawn for the $360 million Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night: 2, 11...

Powerball Jackpot Rises To $350 Million

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business

The Powerball jackpot has hit a massive $350 million. That's the third-largest Powerball prize of all-time, according to Fox News. The odds of wi...

Powerball Jackpot Soars... Again!

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2013 | Business

Moneymoneymoneymoney... mo-ney! The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $222 million in advance of tonight's drawing. Although no one matched all six ...

New Jersey Liquor Store Sold The Winning Powerball Ticket

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business

PASSAIC, N.J. — The winner of a $338 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his fam...

Ticket For Massive Powerball Jackpot Sold In New Jersey

AP | BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business

TRENTON, N.J. — When Teddy Jackson heard Sunday morning that the lone winning ticket for a $338.3 million Powerball drawing was sold in New Jers...

$320 MILLION

AP | Posted 03.24.2013 | Business

DES MOINES, Iowa — People across the country are hoping to pick the six winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night – and the $320 mill...

Powerball Jackpot Soars

Posted 03.21.2013 | Business

The Powerball jackpot surged to $320 million after no one ticket matched all six numbers Wednesday night. The jackpot could grow even bigger prior to ...

Winning Powerball Numbers

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.13.2013 | Business

The winning Powerball numbers for March 13 are 5, 9, 28, 32, 38 and the red number is 29. The multi-state lottery jackpot climbed to $183 million a...

Defense Worker Glad 'To Finally Retire'

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Graham Moomaw | Posted 04.17.2013 | DC

Dave Honeywell spent $10 and let the computer choose his numbers as he picked up a lottery ticket before flying out of Richmond International Airport ...

Virginia Couple Claims Huge $217 Million Powerball Prize

Posted 02.15.2013 | Business

The identities of one very lucky Virginia couple were released Thursday, as they claimed one of the highest Powerball payouts in state history. Dav...

Powerball Jackpot Winner

Posted 02.07.2013 | Business

The winner of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot won $217 million, according to ABC local affiliate WRIC. The sole ticket that hit the Powerball jackpo...

Winning Powerball Numbers

Posted 02.06.2013 | Business

The winning Powerball numbers for Feb. 6 are 5, 27, 36, 38, 41 and the red number is 12. The jackpot in the multi-state lottery climbed to $208 mil...

Winning Powerball Numbers

Posted 02.03.2013 | Business

The winning Powerball numbers for Feb. 2, 2013 are 11, 16, 33, 40, 41 and the red number is 34. The jackpot in Saturday's drawing stood at $176 mil...

Winning Powerball Numbers

Posted 01.30.2013 | Business

The winning Powerball numbers in the Jan. 30, 2013, drawing are: 47, 16, 14, 32, 52, and the red number is 16. The jackpot in the multi-state lotte...

Winning Powerball Numbers

Posted 01.23.2013 | Business

The winning Powerball numbers for Jan. 23, 2013, are 11, 12, 24, 43, 45, and the red Powerball number is 9. The Powerball jackpot for the Jan. 23 d...

Powerball Jackpot Soars

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 01.18.2013 | Business

If you've been holding on to a lucky $2 bill, now may be the time to let it go. The Powerball Jackpot is edging back up, and since nobody claimed ...

Winning Powerball Numbers

Posted 01.16.2013 | Business

The winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Jan. 16 are 9, 21, 28, 32, 51, and the Powerball number is 35. The jackpot in the multi-st...

Powerball Winner Makes Drastic Move To Avoid Fiscal Cliff

AP | PAUL DAVENPORT and MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 02.09.2013 | Home

PHOENIX — The second winner of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot is a 37-year-old electronics industry professional who grew up in a modest h...

How To Live Your Dreams ... Even If You Didn't Win The Lottery

Laura Berman Fortgang | Posted 02.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Laura Berman Fortgang

As someone who listens to people for a living, I am often waiting to hear small truths in statements that could be written off as pipe dreams. In every big dream that is dependent on the lottery, there are little ones that need expressing right now.

Man Allegedly Wins Powerball On CCTV

Posted 11.30.2012 | Good News

Footage from a Maryland gas station security camera allegedly captures the moment a man discovered he had a winning ticket in Wednesday's $587 million...

Missouri Mechanic Wins Share Of $588 Million Powerball Jackpot

AP | MARIA SUDEKUM | Posted 01.30.2013 | Home

DEARBORN, Mo. — To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began &nda...

First Powerball Winner Comes Forward

AP | MARIA SUDEKUM | Posted 01.30.2013 | Home

DEARBORN, Mo. -- A 52-year-old Missouri mechanic and his wife claimed their share Friday of the record $588 million Powerball jackpot. Lottery offi...

Missouri Powerball Lottery Winner To Be Identified

Reuters | Posted 01.30.2013 | Home

By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov 30 (Reuters) - The winner of half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot will briefly beco...

Possible Winner Comes Forward

AP | Posted 11.29.2012 | Home

DEARBORN, Mo. -- The Missouri Lottery is seeking to validate a possible Powerball winner. Missouri Lottery chief operations officer Gary Gonder said ...