Hundreds queue to buy tickets in US$1.5bn Powerball

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Amateur footage shot by Dan Fleyshman on the Nevada to California border shows a long line snaking down the road as hundreds queue to try to get tickets for the largest Powerball jackpot in US history. Nevada and five other US states do not participate in Powerball and do not have lotteries, so residents had to travel to buy tickets. The jackpot, which was to be drawn on Wednesday, is worth a staggering US$1.5bn


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The 6 States Where You Can’t Play Powerball

But residents of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah will have to head out of state to buy a ticket for the chance to cash in on the winning numbers of the largest Powerball jackpot of all time. Not only do these six states not participate in the lottery game, they don't even have state lotteries of their own.

While states like Utah and Hawaii outlaw all gambling of all kinds -- be it charitable, commercial, at a racetrack, or on an Indian reservation casino -- others just require residents to cross state lines to get their drawings fixes or play at state-approved casinos such as those in Nevada and Mississippi.


The 6 States Where You Can’t Play Powerball

 

[Mad Scientist]

Tax on Stupid People.