lottery payouts? if a powerball winner clueses to get paid over time, they ll get 30 payments over 29 years. and guess what happens to the money that hasn t been paid out? lottery officials invest it for the winner. they usually figure on about a 5% return. but remember, right now, the return on government i-bonds is almost 7%. that means the invested money gets a higher return, leading to a higher jackpot. so if you re buying tickets, you might be better off not choosing the cash payout. if you win tonight, you select the cash payout, you ll get this. $782 million. of course, that s an enormous amount, but it is less than half of this. the record breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. so the cash payment, less than half. by the way, no matter what the interest rate is, your odds of winning remain the same. 1 in 292 million. that drawing at 10:59, just before 11:00 tonight. good luck to all of you out there. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. live from washington, d.c.
Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared
races, the major news out from the nbc poll. the last one before the election on tuesday. democratic voters i would pull even in the question of enthusiasm. serving now at exactly the right time as candidates in the most powerful surrogate make their closing arguments. this for me is not so much a decision between a democrat and a republican. between right and left. as much as is a decision between right and wrong. together as a team. will win a championship. and that s what i will say right now. i think we re going to win because people are very frustrated at the direction of our country. we have been everywhere. and i am telling you we re going to win this race. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high. if you support the decline of all america then you must vote for the radical left democrats. the house is on the ballot. character, character is on the ballot. a couple of minutes, i m gonna be talking back to tie magazine. more requests than circ
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a
line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every