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Since tickets cost $2, the prize pool has to be at least ($2 x 175 million = ) $350 million before buying a Powerball ticket is what gamblers call a positive-expectation play â a bet that, statistically, will pay more than $1 for each $1 played.
The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 1, 16, 54, 63, 69, and the Powerball number was 18. Wednesday evening's jackpot was $261 million. There were also no tickets sold in California matching five numbers but not the Powerball number. Such a ticket would have been worth $553,000.