Is the $1.8 billion Powerball lottery worth playing? An MIT math professor weighs in. Pay $2, pick six numbers, and you could win $1.8 billion on Saturday night. So at least promises the Multi-State ...

Powerball notes that the odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292 million. The math is incontrovertible. Statistically speaking, you're guaranteed to lose money playing the lottery over any length ...

The odds of winning a major lottery jackpot are astronomically high, with Powerball at 1 in 292.2 million. According to math experts, the only way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more ...

The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.7 billion. Many people try to buy their tickets at a store where large jackpots have ...

The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to grow after no one matched all six numbers from Wednesday night's drawing, as the Powerball jackpot currently ranks as the nation's second largest lottery ...

The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.8 billion after no one won the jackpot's top prize in the Sept. 3 drawing. According to lottery officials, the jackpot is now the second-largest in ...

The Powerball jackpot has soared to $1.8 billion with a cash value of $826.4 million ahead of the Sept. 6 drawing. The drawing begins at 10:59 p.m. ET, and tickets can be purchased online or in person ...

The second-largest Powerball jackpot in US history has been claimed — and after taxes, the record-shattering prize looks a lot smaller than the headline figure. Saturday’s $1.787 billion drawing ...

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Saturday, Sept. 6 drawing with a jackpot that reached $1.787 billion ($820.6 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in ...

A lucky Powerball player in California's East Bay was one of two instant millionaires in the state after the Powerball drawing Saturday, Sept. 6. A ticket purchased at a Circle K in Dublin was one of ...

CLIVE, Iowa — After more than three months without a winner, the $1.78 billion Powerball jackpot was finally claimed Saturday night by tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas. Iowa Lottery players ...