It's true that 99.9999997% of Americans won't win the $1.4 billion Powerball drawing on Wednesday evening even if someone takes home the prize. But Scientific Games, a highly-indebted gaming giant controlled by billionaire Ronald Perelman, stands to
While there's no way to find the first Facebook user offering to share their chances at winning the Powerball drawing, Jake Dieterich tendered a note to accompany his ticket in a photograph for the Saturday drawing worth approximately $950 million.
One group in Ohio has gone so far as to designate an in-house "lucky charm" to win the historic jackpot. That "lucky charm" is Nick Potts. Potts said his lucky streak began about two years ago when he started working as a tech account manager at
While there's no way to find the first Facebook user offering to share their chances at winning the Powerball drawing, Jake Dieterich tendered a note to accompany his ticket in a photograph for the Saturday drawing worth approximately $950 million.
The Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball, reports that some of the biggest ticket sales come from border cities. That means residents of states without Powerball are driving to neighboring states to play the lottery and probably