He said one particular of the important things behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot — people today are interested in the simple investment.
According to New Jersey newspaper, The Record, your odds of becoming a billionaire are 1 in 409,000.
The prior two jackpot wins in the state both occurred in 2011, 1 in Cecil County ($128.8 million) and yet another in Harford County ($108.8 million).
The player in California who did have all 5 numbers plus the Powerball scored a jackpot that rose to $699.8 million, creating it the seventh-biggest in U.S. lottery history.