The largest jackpot ever was in January 2016 when Powerball hit $1.586 billion and was shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
There are several other strategies to invest half a million dollars that could be additional lucrative and provide much more liquidity.
There are 69 doable numbers for the white balls and 26 attainable final results for the Powerball.
The deck is stacked against North Carolina legalizing either industry inside a affordable time frame.