Aracely Lazcano / El Paso newspaper
Saturday January 09, 2021 | 6:00
Paying off credit card debt, buying a house, disappearing to an exotic beach for a month, helping family members or starting a business are just some of the dreams that could become reality if the numbers on the draw are hit right. from Mega Millions of Powerball offering a combined wallet of nearly a billion dollars this week.
“I was going to live in Oklahoma because I have my family there, and I was going to vacation in Acapulco or any beaches I can visit,” said Luis Martinez, who works as a receptionist at a local clinic.
The Mega Millions lottery bag, which is played in 47 states of the country and takes place every Tuesday and Friday nights, offers an estimated prize of $ 447 million dollars, or the not insignificant $ 339.6 million if you choose to receive the cash prize. The bag depends on the sale.
To be the winner of this lottery, you have to match six numbers from the lottery ticket that costs two dollars.
“I would disappear with my kids for a month and go to Hawaii because I don’t know and they say it’s a lot of fun,” said Esther Vallejo, who bought her Powerball ticket at a downtown gas station.
Taking place on Wednesday and Saturday nights, this draw also offers a juicy prize. There is an estimated total of $ 410 million in the bag for this week’s draw, after no one has matched the winning numbers for several weeks. If you get all the numbers correct and choose a cash payment, this figure would drop to $ 316.4 million.
The odds of winning this prize are one in 292 million 201 thousand 338 people, but this draw offers nine ways to get it right.
Meanwhile, the odds of winning the Mega Millions draw are one in 175 million and 711 thousand 536 odds.