We've gone from $100 a day to $500, $600 a shift, as far as dollar amounts.
Maybe some lucky Powerball player will hit it big tonight and win the record jackpot, $1.5 billion as of late Tuesday. Or maybe, for the 10th week in a row, it won’t happen and the winnings will remain up for grabs for Saturday’s drawing.
Either way, Tennessee and Georgia still win, with a glut of money going into higher education funding.
According to lottery officials in Tennessee and Georgia, the current Powerball jackpot, which has been building since early November, has enticed millions of players spending $2 a pop to try their luck in the national game.
After no one hit the mega jackpot last week, Powerball ticket sales – in a three-day span from Jan. 7-9 – hit $20.8 million in Tennessee, according to Rachel Petrie, Tennessee Education Lottery spokeswoman.