The PowerBall lottery has zoomed $600 million and the top prize may swell to nearly $1 billion .A jackpot means the lump sum one time payment.
It is the popular jackpot that is played around 42 states,Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands, has not had a winner in two months.
The last largest powerball jackpot record was $587.5 million in November 2012.According to Powerball, the odds of winning the big prize on Saturday are one in 175 million.
If no match is made for all winning five numbers and the Powerball, the jackpot could grow to nearly $1 billion .
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It has 5 better investments than the lottery:
1.Pay down credit-card debt.
2.Boost your 401(k) contributions.
3.Open a Roth IRA.
4.Increase mortgage payments.
5.Invest in a taxable account
It is the popular jackpot that is played around 42 states,Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands, has not had a winner in two months.
The last largest powerball jackpot record was $587.5 million in November 2012.According to Powerball, the odds of winning the big prize on Saturday are one in 175 million.
If no match is made for all winning five numbers and the Powerball, the jackpot could grow to nearly $1 billion .
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It has 5 better investments than the lottery:1.Pay down credit-card debt.
2.Boost your 401(k) contributions.
3.Open a Roth IRA.
4.Increase mortgage payments.
5.Invest in a taxable account
There was no winner for the $350 million Powerball jackpot on May 15, so the prize has climbed to a whopping $550 million for the May 18 lottery drawing.
