You are not going to win the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot.
The odds, quite simply, are too stacked against you. It's not going to happen, give up. That being said, it'd be stupid not to at least buy some tickets though, right?
As more drawings go by without a jackpot winner, the possibility of suddenly being given more money than the GDP of some countries becomes more and more real.
Simultaneously, the frenzy brings with it experts and statisticians, all hell bent on "saving you money" and "explaining how odds work." Enough, experts. We don't need you. We need lots and lots of money.
Excitement around the lottery brings with it a few core, universal feelings. Below, we've illustrated them in some easy to understand charts.
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