A quick road trip to a gas station south of the border may be in order for a number of Canadians over the next 24 hours.
At least that’ll be the case for anyone who has any interest in winning nearly $1 billion dollars CAD.
Oh yes, Powerball fever has hit North America once again, and we’re looking at the second highest jackpot in history.
Wednesday's #Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $700 million. RT if you're ready for the draw! pic.twitter.com/A48RLNM7W6
— Powerball USA (@PowerballUSA) August 22, 2017
The jackpot for Wednesday’s draw is now past $700 million USD, which is just shy of $900 million CAD, and it’ll surely rise over the next 36 hours.
Canadians are allowed purchase tickets and win prizes, but we do have to put in a bit of effort if they want to win this mega-jackpot.
The most common move is to make a quick trip over the border to buy tickets in person, but you could also use a service like The Lotter where a representative south of the border buys your tickets for you.
Powerball now at $700 Million! Play Online @ https://t.co/oML4EKvqh1 #Powerball pic.twitter.com/emmtasKjD1
— TheLotter (@The_Lotter) August 22, 2017
You’ll probably remember the frenzy that the largest jackpot in history caused, when it reached $1.586 USD for the January 13th, 2016 draw.
Thousands of Canadians flooded across the U.S. border to buy lottery tickets for a slim chance at the record breaking jackpot.
Sadly for those Canadians, the three winners were from Tennessee, California and Florida and they each won themselves a cool $528.8 million before taxes.
What you you do if you won nearly a billion dollars?! Let us know in the comments below or e-mail us at [email protected]
