Powerball Jackpot Still Up For Grabs, Up-To $650 Million
The next Powerball drawing will be a big one: there is an estimated jackpot of around $650 million. Nobody won the Saturday drawing, so the prize money rolled over. This makes it the ninth-highest jackpot in the history of the game. The winning numbers that nobody matched were 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 (white balls), and 18 (red Powerball). The Power Play multiplier for that drawing was 2X.
Believe it or not, nobody has won the Powerball since April 19, when a lucky person from Ohio scored $252.6 million. There have been 34 straight drawings without a jackpot winner. The game’s odds stand at a discouraging 1 in 292.2 million. Those long odds mean bigger prizes that get more people playing. The biggest Powerball jackpot was a mind-blowing $2.04 billion.
If you’re lucky enough to win the $650 million jackpot in Powerball, you have a choice to make. You can either take the annuity option, where the prize is paid out over 29 years, or you can go for the cash option. The cash prize for Monday night’s drawing would be $328.3 million. Many winners would probably prefer to get their hands on that cash right away.
There’s still plenty of time to get your hands on some Powerball tickets for both upcoming drawings. You can purchase Powerball tickets at various lottery retailers throughout the state until 9:45 p.m. tonight. Powerball drawings take place at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. If you’re feeling extra excited, you can even watch the drawings live on the Powerball website. For just an extra buck, you can opt for the “Power Play” and multiply your non-jackpot winnings by up to 10 times, with a max of $2 million.
Powerball is a popular game that is played in 45 states across the US, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. So, there are plenty of opportunities for people to try their luck and join in on the excitement.
Which Michiganders Are Billionaires?
Forbes recently dropped their 37th Annual World’s Billionaires List. It features a list of the wealthiest people in the world. They say there’s a total of 2,640 billionaires in the world. Over 730 billionaires reside in the United States. These billionaires have made their money from manufacturing and food to grocery stores and mortgage lending.
On this year’s list, Forbes added some newcomers. Elisabeth DeLuca, the widow of Subway cofounder Fred DeLuca and Annette Lerner who started a real estate company are new billionaires. Fun fact about Lerner: in 1952, she loaned $250 to her husband, Ted to start a real estate company, selling homes for developers.
Also, this year’s list had some major changes compared to past lists. According to Forbes, the number of billionaires around the globe has declined from 2,668 in 2022 to 2,640 this year. They also said that the total billionaire wealth has dropped down by $500 billion to $12.2 trillion. A total of 254 people have lost their billionaire status altogether including Sam Bankman Fried, his FTX cofounder Gary Wang, and musician Kanye West.
Overall, most of the Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires are self-made. “Meaning they founded or confounded their company or established their own fortune, rather than inheriting it,” said Forbes.
When you think about Michigan billionaires, a few names might come to mind such as Dan Gilbert or Marian Ilitch. There are more billionaires in Michigan than you think.
Here are Michigan’s billionaires.
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