You can't win the lottery if you don't play. That's something that my grandpa told me once when I asked him why he always bought a Gopher 5 and a Powerball ticket when he filled up the car. The Powerball drawing is up to over $400 million tonight, and I am finally going to buy a ticket. Should I go with the auto-pick or hand-pick my numbers?
If you aren't familiar with the Minnesota Lottery or the nationwide game, Powerball, here's a quick breakdown of the game and how someone can win hundreds of millions of dollars.
Powerball is a lottery game where 5 white balls (numbered 1-69) are drawn, as well as a red ball (numbered 1-26), the Powerball, which also has a number on it. If the ticket you buy matches all 6 numbers, you win the grand prize jackpot, which often means millions of dollars. You can purchase a Powerball ticket wherever Minnesota Lottery tickets are sold, and a ticket will cost you $2.
Powerball is played on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights, with the final ticket sales happening at 9pm, with the drawing taking place at 9:59pm.
So, how do people determine what numbers they get on the ticket? Some people play the same 6 numbers each drawing/week, others will leave it up to chance with a 'quick-pick' where the lottery gives you randomly selected numbers.
If you are looking to shake things up and maybe hit the jackpot, a San Diego news station back in August looked at the most commonly drawn Powerball numbers since October 2015, and these are the numbers they came up with.
For the white balls, the most commonly picked are 61, 21, 23, 33, and 69.
The most commonly drawn Powerball numbers are 4, 21, 24, and 18.
If you are looking for a lucky place to buy your ticket, leave now, as Winners Corner down in Newport, Minnesota, is often seen as the retailer that sells a LOT of winners.
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Gallery Credit: Stacker