Powerball lottery jackpot at $1.5B; winning numbers drawing Wednesday

A Better Business Bureau warns that $1.5 billion Powerball drawing may result in scams against consumers. The central Ohio bureau expects scammers to take advantage of Wednesday's drawing for the largest lottery prize in U.S. history to trick people

Last Saturday's winning numbers – 16-19-32-34-57 and Powerball number of 13 – did gain some people a little wealth: 25 tickets won $1 million by matching five numbers, and three other tickets won $2 million because they paid extra to multiply smaller

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Pssst! Hey, buddy! Want Wednesday night's Powerball numbers ahead of time? Try these: 16-26-32-40-41, Powerball 20. Hey, no guarantee these will win, but they were picked with a system that's better than any other system out there.

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.

A Better Business Bureau warns that $1.5 billion Powerball drawing may result in scams against consumers. The central Ohio bureau expects scammers to take advantage of Wednesday's drawing for the largest lottery prize in U.S. history to trick people