The numbers for the massive Powerball jackpot have been drawn and someone could be holding a ticket that makes them one of the richest people in the world.
When the largest-ever lottery prize is finally awarded, the winners and losers will extend well beyond the lucky few who hit the jackpot and the multitudes of disappointed ticket buyers. Here's a breakdown of how Powerball affects the players, the public and others.
For twenty minutes on Saturday night, employees at Grissini’s Restaurant in Englewood Cliffs thought their lives were changed forever. You can see pandemonium erupt the moment it seemed like Saturday’s $949 million Powerball jackpot was theirs.
Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and wait in lines that can stretch for hours.
With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday's Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the convenience-store kiosks offering tickets for the record-breaking jackpot.