We Actually Find People NOT Playing Powerball In Norco
"My grandma has been playing for 80 years and she's only won $200 so I'm like 'It's not gonna happen.'" said one woman.
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"My grandma has been playing for 80 years and she's only won $200 so I'm like 'It's not gonna happen.'" said one woman.
The prize has climbed to an estimated $1.5 billion, easily surpassing all other lotteries.
A billion-dollar jackpot has Angelenos lining up even those who don't usually play.
That's billion with a B. Like lots of money.
Long lines and high hopes were spreading in Hawthorne Saturday morning ahead of an 8 p.m. drawing for a record $900 million Powerball jackpot.
"It's about 1 in 300 million," said Caltech math professor Omer Tamuz.
"The funeral home has had to call the police to make sure there's enough parking for the family and friends that are here," Selvin Sordo said.
The prospect of becoming an overnight millionaire is slimmer than ever, especially after the game was restructured last year.
KCAL9's Peter Daut outlines some facts new millionaires wish they knew before the big check showed up.
Lottery fever is heating up chilly Southern California, as the multi-state Powerball jackpot surged to $700 million, which would be largest in U.S. history.
Mega Millions is at $165 million for Thursday,
Making a fresh start in the new year would be so much easier with $500 million.
At Bluebird Liquors in Hawthorne, sellers rub the bluebird for good luck, cross themselves, even kiss the numbers.
Jorge Cortes drove his father to a South L.A. market, where his father bought him a winning Powerball ticket worth $866,060.
A computer glitch on Monday shut down lottery terminals around the state, preventing gamblers from getting numbers for Powerball and other games.
The jackpot climbs to $185 million for Wednesday's draw.
A Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven convenience store matched five of the six winning numbers and is worth more than $1.2 million, according to California Lottery officials.
A Powerball ticket sold at a Whittier gas station matched five of the six winning numbers in Wednesday night's drawing and is worth more than $700,000, lottery officials said.
The winning ticket matched the numbers 2, 11, 22, 9, 23, missing only the Mega Number 12.
The drawing was the 17th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The lucky ticket holder purchased a Powerball ticket at a West LA Vons supermarket.
A man who says he couldn't find his winning $1 million Powerball ticket is speaking out.
A $1 million Powerball winner has one more day to claim his prize, California lottery officials said Wednesday.
A Cypress convenience store is among the California winners Thursday of the $564 million Powerball jackpot, especially since it's the second time it has sold a winning ticket in less than four months.
In Calfornia, three ticket holders had 5/5 tickets (all the numbers but the Powerball.)
