Powerball jackpot increases to $1.55 billion after no one wins
nbcnews.com
Powerball's massive jackpot will rollover and increase after Saturday's drawing produced no winning tickets, according to the game's website.
The $1.4-billion jackpot now grows to $1.55 billion but remains the third-largest in Powerball's history (the second largest was $1.586 billion in 2016).
The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot after the July 19 drawing for the $1.08 billion pot. The winning ticket then was sold in California.
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Didn't they add another number to the Powerball which massively decreased the probability of winning?
Yup, all so that they could regularly have these massive jackpots, because a huge jackpot drives more sales of losing tickets.
That makes so much sense. I swear I remember a massive jackpot being a once every 1-2 year event. Now it's every 1-2 months.
And it works. I played during the last huge jackpot craze. I even thought to myself that I swore there weren't this many numbers.