Tonight the all new (Wednesday, September 30) Mega Millions lottery jackpot has risen beyond the $300 million mark. Check the report below to see just how much you could win before you buy your tickets.
The current Powerball lottery website news info crawl, reads:
“There were no jackpot winners for Saturday's drawing... The next drawing will be Wednesday, September 30th, 2015.”
That means that this week’s (Wednesday, September 30) game has $301 million with an estimated cash value option of $194.4 million.
That is some serious money. We are talking A-list celebrity figures. We are talking country music legend Willie Nelson money. According to Celebrity Networth, Nelson is worth $250,000,000.
Speaking of Willie Nelson, another man with the same name recently won big, as the Powerball lottery website reports:
“Willie Nelson -- no, not *that* one -- has been married almost 38 years and he knows a healthy marriage is a partnership. So when his wife asked him to go to the store this past Saturday (Aug 1) and get some bacon, he did. That good deed made him $110 million richer after buying a ticket and winning the Powerball jackpot from that evening's draw.
"’I love Choice Market because they have the thick slab bacon with the rind on it,’ Willie Nelson said when explaining why he chose to go to that market. ‘I bought the bacon and then went back to my car and remembered I had an old Lottery ticket to check, so I got it and went back in.’ It was not a winner. ‘So then, I went back to my car again, but something inside of me told me to buy another ticket so I went back in a third time and bought five Quick Picks for the Powerball draw that night.’
“He finally went home with the bacon but left the Powerball tickets in his car. When it was announced that Choice Market had sold the winning ticket, a few friends told Nelson to check his ticket and yesterday (Aug 4), he finally did. ‘I went to my car and got the ticket. I wrote down the numbers and they all matched, he said. ‘(I) fell on the floor and screamed!’ Nelson had a friend with him and upon seeing Nelson's reaction, he got worried and asked, "Are you having a heart attack?’ To which Nelson replied, ‘No, I just won $110 million!’"
