No one won Powerball. Next Wednesday's drawing... $1.3 BILLION

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69. I haven't bought a lottery ticket in 20 years, so this am I plunked down $20 for 10 picks.

Not having bought a Powerball ticket since we have lived in NC--which didn't have Powerball when we moved here,
I wanted to know if you have to match the numbers in order--for the white balls--or if you have those numbers
in any order does it win? Turns out they can be in any order, but you have to match the Powerball at the end for
the big prize.

BUT! I also learned there are declining prizes for less than a full match. In fact, last July, there was story in
NC about a Powerball ticket worth a million that hadn't been claimed (match all 5 white balls, but not the Powerball)
AND match 4 numbers plus the Powerball and that ticket is worth $50,000. Then the prizes decline significantly
to $100., $7., and $4.

I suspect there may be a lot of people who throw away Powerball tickets that could be worth $100.

So, I will be checking all 10 of my tickets carefully!