Powerball Lowering the Odds of Winning

If you were thinking to yourself that the odds of winning the Powerball were too good, then you will love what change is being made. But, if you haven't won the Powerball yet, I've got some bad news for you.

According to the USA Today, the lottery commissioners who run the Powerball just approved a plan to make it WAY harder to win those giant jackpots . . . from one in 175 million to one in 292 million. They're adding 10 more balls to the mix.  So now instead of picking five numbers between one and 59, the range is one and 69.

But you also have to pick your sixth number as the special Powerball.  That used to be between one and 35, now it's going to be between one and 26.

Not surprisingly, both of those changes are designed to make you GAMBLE MORE.  Huge jackpots get the most people buying tickets, so worse odds equal more enormous grand prizes.

And when you get a little win like $4, you usually just use it to buy more tickets.  The new changes take effect as of October 7th.

Here is my question to you...if the odds were lower, but the jackpot was bigger would you buy more tickets?

Source: USA Today