first week of the year. for the week, the dow dropped 1,079 points. nothing to sneeze at. if you filled up your tank, you paid less than $2 a gallon. the average is now $1.96. it is now 18 cents less than last year. drivers in missouri enjoying the lowest prices. prolonged slump in crude oil should keep gas low in 2016. a gallon of gas is cheaper than a powerball ticket. you will hit up the gas station for $1.3 billion jackpot. powerball making a lot more millionaires than billionaires. in the current run, 59 tickets matched all five numbers, but not powerball. eight tickets won $2 million. thousands have won smaller