The Powerball jackpot has surged to $1.1 billion, a life‑changing sum that can turn a $3 ticket into generational wealth. The ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Davidson College professor Tim Chartier who says you're 20,000 times more likely to get hit ...

When trying to evaluate the outcome of a risky, probabilistic event like the lottery, one of the first things to look at is expected value. The expected value of a randomly decided process is found by ...

Later tonight, America will be watching in anticipation as five white balls and one red Powerball are drawn from a ...

Does it seem like lottery jackpots get bigger than they used to? It’s true - the odds are tougher now after a systematic ...

The Powerball lottery drawing for Saturday evening has hit a record-high estimated jackpot prize of $1.5 billion at the time of this writing. While that's a huge amount of money, buying a ticket is ...

That is a pretty huge chunk of money. However, as we saw with last week's similarly large Mega Millions jackpot, which someone did win on Saturday, taking a closer look at the underlying math of the ...

At $1.4 billion, the Powerball jackpot on the line Saturday night is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize, due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing and, of course, ...

B Powerball jackpot to be drawn Monday, but the odds still aren't in your favor - The Powerball jackpot now stands at an ...

The rollover means one lucky player could be in line to receive a life-changing windfall during the holiday season ...

Powerball has a jackpot of $420 million and Mega Millions is at $318 million this week. We did the math to see whether it's worth buying a ticket.