Powerball: $1.5 billion and counting

Newsroom Staff January 13, 2016

Last Updated: January 13, 2016

(NBC News) There has never been this much power in Powerball.

The largest jackpot ever, more than $1.5 billion, could be handed out after tonight’s drawing.

Lines wrap around gas stations, shops and markets across the country, with some players even crossing the border in the six states that don’t play the game.

Still, your chance of winning if you bought a ticket is one in more than 292,000,000, which means you have a much better chance of being hit by lightning or being crushed by an asteroid.