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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

$500 Million Powerball Drawing is Tonight

Massachusetts is one of 42 states that offer the lottery game. Find Weston retailers, along with some in nearby Wayland, here.

For the last two months, no one has been lucky enough to win the Powerball lottery. Lottery officials estimate Wednesday's jackpot at $500 million, and at that value, it would be the largest jackpot in Powerball history. Powerball is pulled Wednesdays and Fridays. The Powerball lottery is played in 42 states, including Massachusetts and all six New England states. According to Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 175 million. The odds of getting all 5 numbers and not the Powerball, earning $1 million, is 1 in 5 million. According to the state lottery website, lottery tickets are sold at the following spots in Wayland and Weston:

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