No one hit Powerball on Wednesday night so the jackpot climbed to $94 million. At one time that would cause a stir, but today people aren't getting excited until the jackpot breaks the $150 million barrier. The 7/28/07 estimated jackpot of $94 million breaks down to $3.1 million a year for 30 years, before taxes. Think you could squeak by on that? Even the starting jackpot of $15 million will net you about $500,000 a year paid as an annuity. The odds are the same every drawing, so while $250 million sounds awfully nice, wouldn't you still feel lucky for a tenth of that?
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I would be happy to just win the Show Me 5 drawing. To win anything else would be a tremendous bonus.
Posted by: dawn | July 27, 2007 at 12:14 PM