{"id":93599,"date":"2025-12-13T20:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/93599\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T20:15:08","slug":"feeling-lucky-1-billion-powerball-jackpot-hits-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/93599\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling lucky? $1 Billion Powerball Jackpot hits Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4x_USA-POWERBALL.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4x_USA-POWERBALL.jpg\" alt=\"Lottery California winner\" class=\"wp-image-249438\"  \/><\/a>Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store in Washington, July 19, 2023. (REUTERS\/Nathan Howard\/File Photo)<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of calling your own shots and making a $1 billion splash, Saturday night\u2019s Powerball drawing might be your chance. The multi-state jackpot, the 14th-largest in U.S. history, has been rolling since Sept. 6 \u2014 40 drawings without a winner.<\/p>\n<p>Matching all five numbers plus the Powerball is a long shot\u20141 in 292.2 million, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Multi-State Lottery Association. <\/a>Overall, your odds of winning any prize are slightly better, at 1 in 24.9. But USC math professor Ken Alexander points out that where you buy your ticket doesn\u2019t improve your odds: \u201cThe chance that a given place will sell a winning lottery ticket is just related to how many tickets they sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That said, if you want to improve your chances of not sharing the jackpot, Alexander has a tip: pick numbers beyond the typical birthday range. Since many players choose dates from 1 to 31, higher numbers tend to be less crowded.<\/p>\n<p>In San Diego, local convenience stores and gas stations are already seeing long lines of hopeful players, each imagining what a billion-dollar win could mean\u2014from beachfront <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/arts\/2025\/01\/17\/actress-lucille-bremer-from-broadway-lights-to-la-jolla-shores\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mansions in La Jolla <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/business\/2025\/12\/12\/eat-beat-cheers-chow-more-holiday-dining-and-drinks-across-san-diego\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gourmet dinners <\/a>in the Gaslamp District, or even a private sailing adventure on San Diego Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Powerball is a big game: played in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. With a jackpot this size, Saturday night could be one for the history books\u2014and maybe, just maybe, a local winner could make San Diego the next stop on the billion-dollar map.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013City News Service contributed to this report<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store in Washington, July 19, 2023. 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