Now estimated at 900 million. The odds of winning the one in 292 million, but as Julianna Goldman reports, that hasnt stopped millions of people from trying and dreaming. With the rush of people buying tickets, lottery Officials Say there is a 75 percent chance a lucky someone has picked the winning numbers. And across the 44 participating states, power balll dreamers are seeing green. I will probably buy a big giantansion and dig a big moat all the way around it and let people in as i raise the bridge. I am going to retire instantly. Everybody says to charity, right . Well, i am not going to give it to charity. No. It is not like the win her bank the full 900 million, they have the option of a payout over 30 years of taking a lump sum, rrently estimated at 558 million. The federal government automatically takes s least 25 percent and there are m me taxes depending on where you bought your ticket. New york and maryland have the high test lottery tax rates, 10 states dont tax lottery wi
Trying and dreaming. With the rush of people buying tickets, lottery Officials Say there is a 75 percent chance a lucky someone has picked the winning numbers. And across the 44 participating states, power ball dreamers are seeing green. I will probably buy a big giant mansion and dig a big moat all the way around it and let people in as i raise the bridge. I am going to retire instantly. Everybody says to charity, right . Well, i am not going to give it to charity. No. It is not like the win her bank the full 900 million, they have the option of a payout over 30 years of taking a lump sum, currently estimated at 558 million. Then, comes the taxes. The federal government automatically takes at least 25 percent and there are more taxes depending on where you bought your ticket. New york and maryland have the states dont tax lottery winnings at all like california, pennsylvania and florida. Plus puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. I got in there and i thought, i better buy one for
Pelley were going to begin tonight with the spreading epidemic of lottery fever. Americans have been buying tickets at a rate of 13,000 a second a second for tonights drawing. Since saturday, they have spent nearly 835 million for a chance at that elusive jackpot at the end of the powerball rainbow. It is now worth a record 1. 5 billion. Carter evans is at a store on the californianevada border. Reporter theres just one reason to stand in 30degree weather in the middle of the desert or in this case a billion and a half reasons. You get nowhere in life for reporter thousands have been waiting to buy a ticket just across the border at the Primm Valley Lotto store in california because nevada is one of only six states that does not participate in powerball. Mark mershant says this is his so you live in vegas now . Yeah. Reporter you know a little bit about odds. A lot. Reporter these odds arent so good. I dont know about that one. But you are awe hater. Reporter its no accident the jackpo
From the stereotypes. The goal right now is to get more images of real people. This is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs axelrod good evening. I am jim axelrod. Less than four and a half hours from now at 10 59 p. M. Here in the east, the ball drops in tallahassee, florida, the power ball, that is, six numbered balls, five white, one red, will determine if someone has won the largest single jackpot ever. Now estimated at 900 million. The odds of winning the one in 292 million, but as Julianna Goldman reports, that hasnt stopped millions of people from trying and dreaming. With the rush of people buying tickets, lottery Officials Say there is a 75 percent chance a lucky and across the 44 participating states, power ball dreamers are seeing green. I will probably buy a big giant mansion and dig a big moat all the way around it and let people in as i raise the bridge. I am going to retire instantly. Everybody says to charity, right . Well, i am not going to give it to charity. N
The east, the ball drops in tallahassee, florida, the power ball, that is, six numbered balls, five white, one red, will determine if someone has won the largest single jackpot ever. Now estimated at 900 million. The odds of winning the one in 292 million, but as Julianna Goldman reports, that hasnt stopped millions of people from trying and dreaming. With the rush of people buying tickets, lottery Officials Say there is a 75 percent chance a lucky someone has picked the winning numbers. And across the 44 participating states, power ball dreamers are seeing green. I will probably buy a big giant mansion and dig a big moat all the way around it and let people in as i raise the bridge. I am going to retire instantly. Everybody says to charity, to charity. No. It is not like the win her bank the full 900 million, they have the option of a payout over 30 years of taking a lump sum, currently estimated at 558 million. Then, comes the taxes. The federal government automatically takes at leas