Powerball jackpot soars to $875 million after no winner
INVESTIGATING THAT INCIDENT. >>> THE EXCITEMENT IS JUST BUILDING THIS MORNING AFTER NOBODY TOOK HOME THE TOP PRIZE IN LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL DRAWING. THAT JACKPOT NOW SOARS TO A STAGGERING $875 MILLION. OH, BUT THAT’S NOT ALL THERE’S ANOTHER $560 MILLION UP FOR GRABS IN TOMORROW’S MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING SO EMILIE IKEDA IS ON DOUBLE DUTY FOR US. HI, EMILIE, GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO YOU. YOU SAID IT. NO ONE WON THE POWERBALL LAST NIGHT, WHICH MEANS FIRST THINGS FIRST, I’VE GOT TO BUY MY TICKET $2 AND I’LL HAVE MY FRIEND HERE HELP ME OUT. $2
FOR THE POWERBALL, QUICK PICK, ESSENTIALLY NO EFFORT ON MY PART, FOR A SHOT TO WIN ONE OF THE TOP THREE LARGEST POWERBALL JACKPOT PRIZES IN HISTORY. LAST YEAR, WE SAW OVER — THANK YOU VERY MUCH — WE SAW A $2 BILLION PRIZE BACK IN 2016 ANOTHER PRIZE EXCEEDING $2 BILLION. AND SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT. OKAY, HOW MUCH LUCK DO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO WIN BIG FROM THIS TICKET THE ODDS ARE NOT EVER IN MY FAVOR. 1 IN 292 MILLION IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS, YOU’RE MORE
LIKELY TO GET ATTACKED BY A GRIZZLY BEAR, TO GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE NEXT DRAWING FOR THE POWERBALL IS SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT
GET THE BIG PRIZE, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN WIN SOME MONEY, RIGHT? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE NINE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN WIN OFF OF ONE TICKET. IT’S BASED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NUMBER COMBINATIONS. LAST NIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, WE SAW PEOPLE WIN IN INDIANA AND FLORIDA, $1 MILLION, BECAUSE THEY MATCHED FIVE NUMBERS. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT, OKAY, SO, IF I DO WIN THE $875 MILLION, HOW DO I SPEND IT? THAT’S THE BEST QUESTION WELL, ONE THING, FOR INSTANCE, A 50 CENT LOLLIPOP, YOU CAN GET MAYBE 1.75 BILLION OF THESE. OR NEW YORK’S MOST
EXPENSIVE APARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY YOU CAN BUY THAT MORE THAN THREE TIMES OVER, GU
