November 7, 2022 – Lottery

Someone could win the largest Powerball jackpot in history tonight of $1.9 billion! Lotteries have been around for centuries. Keno slips have been found from the Han Dynasty in Ancient China, which helped finance projects like the Great Wall of China. Lotteries were also a big part of financing private and public ventures in colonial America. Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania were all funded by lotteries! Today, all but 5 states participate in the lottery. Alabama, Utah, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii all don’t have state lotteries. Your chances of winning the Powerball jackpot tonight are 1 in 292.2 million – you have a better chance of being struck by lightning or getting attacked by a grizzly bear! Learn more here.