Powerball Numbers & Results May 23, 2015: Watch Live Stream Of Drawing For $138 Million Jackpot
Saturday’s Powerball is here. And since no one won the grand prize last Wednesday (when the winning numbers were 1, 12, 28, 35, 44, and 25) all that money has once again rolled over and is now at $138 million, with a cash value of $86.3 million.
There were 478,954 regular Powerball winners and $8,371,197 in non-jackpot money was won.
There are actually nine ways to win at Powerball. Players have a 1 in 175,223,510.00 chance of the Grand Prize, and a 1 in 5,153,632.65 of winning $1,000,000. Despite the chances of winning the big money being pretty small, people do actually win.
As reported Greenville Online, some lucky person in South Carolina just bought a bought a lottery ticket worth $1 million. The ticket, which matched all five of the white balls drawn, was purchased at a Handee Mart Food Store along Hwy 276. Had the purchaser elected to spring for the PowerPlay option for an extra buck, that ticket would now be worth $2 million.
A straight-up $1 million prize is still pretty amazing, and the important thing to do once you get that money (via NBC) is to get a hold of a reputable financial planner who can help you with all the hard work that comes with coming into sudden cash.
Some of these important thing to check off your list will be figuring out how you actually want to live now, taking advantage of certain tax situations available to you, and figuring out target plans for how -- and how much -- money you want to share with others now that you’re loaded.
Be sure to check here for local stations broadcasting the Powerball drawing.
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