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POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Stephen Colbert has some really bad advice for winning the Powerball | 00:55Stephen Colbert's lottery tips probably won't help you win, but they are entertaining.
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POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Your four best friends after winning the lottery | 01:21Winning the powerball is a dream come true, but you'll probably need some financial advice. Here are four professionals ready to help out. VPC
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.First things you should do if you win Powerball jackpot | 01:47Winning the lottery would be great but have you thought about all of the risks that come with being a billionaire? USA TODAY
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Two holes in one more likely than Lotto win | 01:26NYU Stern School of Business Statistics professor Aaron Tenenbeim says the average person has a better chance of golfing two hole in ones in a row than winning Wednesday's Powerball lottery jackpot. (Jan 11) AP
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.5 things more likely to happen than winning the powerball | 01:08Have you bought in to the powerball frenzy? If so, you may want to reconsider that ticket because your odds of winning aren't very good.
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.What you need to know about the record Powerball | 00:36Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is now an estimated $1.4 Billion - here are some of the basics you need to know to play.
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Even Hollywood celebrities eager to play the Powerball | 01:25USA TODAY asks stars at the 2016 Golden Globes about what they would do if they won the $1.3 billion powerball jackpot.
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POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.$900M Powerball Jackpot: What you can and can't buy | 01:47If you win the Powerball jackpot that has reached $900 million, here's a list of things you can and can't buy with all of that money. USA TODAY
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Powerball jackpot balloons to $1.3 billion | 00:32Lofty dreams of becoming a billionaire are budding for Powerball players after nobody won Saturday's massive jackpot. VPC
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Official: Powerball Pot Could Hit World Record | 01:41The chair of the Powerball game for the Multi-State Lottery Association says sales are strong as the jackpot for Saturday's drawing has climbed to $800 million. A $1 billion jackpot could break a world record. (Jan. 8) AP
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.Hundreds Line Up at Calif. Border for Powerball | 00:38Hundreds of people lined up to enter a lottery store along the Nevada-California border to buy tickets for this weekend's record Powerball drawing. Nevada does not participate in the Powerball lottery. (Jan. 8) AP
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.What you can and can't buy with the Powerball jackpot | 01:47The Powerball jackpot is the largest in U.S. history. We have a list of what you can buy and what is still out of your price range if you were to win. USA TODAY
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.6 things to know about the Powerball jackpot | 00:47Here are the things to know before you buy your lottery ticket for the record-setting Powerball jackpot.
POWERBALL-MANIA; LARGEST JACKPOT EVER.A short list of things you should invest in besides Powerball | 01:33You're not going to win the $700 million lottery. Here are some things that will pay you back a lot quicker than an office pool.
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Old lottery balls are seen in a box Jan. 12, 2015, at Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo, Calif., where customers have been lining up to buy Powerball tickets.(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
More than 292 million combinations of numbers will not win Wednesday night's $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot yet the lines are growing at lottery retailers as time ticks closer to the 10 p.m. ET cutoff for ticket sales in most states.
Then why do so many people buy Powerball tickets when they have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>virtually no chance of winning the 10:59 p.m. drawing?
“It gives you a license to fantasize,” said Co-Director<span style="color: Red;">*</span>George Loewenstein<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the Center for Behavioral Decision Research at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who has studied the psychology behind lotteries. “It’s a harmless indulgence as long as you don’t spend a lot of money on it.”
This jackpot is the largest of any lottery game on record in the world,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery Commission.
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"The thing is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>you always want to get the big, you know, the big jackpot,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Ruby Garibay of Phoenix, who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>snagged two tickets Wednesday. "The last ticket I<span style="color: Red;">*</span>got, I<span style="color: Red;">*</span>got $4 back, which is great, but you know<span style="color: Red;">*</span>you're kind of like, ugh, disappointed."
If you lose, you've sacrificed some coffee runs or lunch outside the office for a few<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$2 tickets. However, if you win —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>you would have a better chance of being hit by lightning while drowning —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a balmy island in the Caribbean is calling your name.
"I have a limit,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$3," said Ervin Pope, 52, of Detroit, a cook for a Bob Evans restaurant in Chesterfield Township, Mich. At $2 a ticket, her limit<span style="color: Red;">*</span>would get her one ticket and what's called the Power Play option, which can double a $1 million win.
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The truth is her one ticket has just as much chance of winning as the 10 that Chuck Mady's wife told him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to buy when she heard he was going to the store in Detroit. More tickets sold do not guarantee a winner because people and lottery machines can choose the exact same numbers.
As of mid-day Wednesday, Multi-State Lottery Association officials had not increased the Powerball pot as they had for the past several days.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>If no one wins Wednesday night's drawing, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>jackpot for Saturday’s drawing would be an estimated $2 billion with a cash value of $1.24 billion, Cripe said.
"I've had family members pooling," to buy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>tickets in bulk, said Antonio Gjokaj, 19, of Farmington Hills, Mich., who works at his father's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Clique restaurant near downtown Detroit.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"I have a cousin who put $5,000 into it."
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That's way into the danger zone, experts say. Powerball's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>appeal is harmful when it starts cutting into basic needs for those with little money to begin with.
“There’s people who buy $100 worth of tickets and don’t have money for unexpected medical expenses,” Loewenstein said.
By Monday evening, Michigan residents were buying $156,000 worth of Powerball tickets every hour, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jeff Holyfield, a spokesman for the Michigan Lottery.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>That's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what they<span style="color: Red;">*</span>normally buy in a full day.
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A winner of Wednesday's jackpot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who is impatient can take the grand prize, payable as an annuity over 30 years,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>instead as a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$930<span style="color: Red;">*</span>million lump sum before taxes.
"See you again when I hit the big one," Pope<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said with a chuckle.
Contributing:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Krystle Henderson, KPNX-TV, Phoenix;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press. Follow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>David P. Willis and Ken Serrano<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Twitter:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@dpwillis732<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@KenSerranoAPP
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