Powerball Jackpot Hits $400M: Buy Tickets in Easton

After two lottery drawings with no winner, Wednesday's Powerball has climbed to $400 million.

The odds of winning are 1 in 175 million, meaning you're more likely to have identical quadruplets or die from a bee, wasp or hornet sting.

Four-hundred million is a pretty staggering figure, but it's not the largest Powerball on record.

That honor goes to the $600 million drawing in May, won by Florida resident Gloria Mackenize. After taking a lump sum payout and paying taxes, she took home roughly $270 million.

No one from Easton has been that lucky (yet), although a Wilson gas station did sell a $1 million lottery ticket earlier this year.

Here are some local places to buy Powerball tickets:

• 12th Street Market and Deli, 1201 Bushkill St.
• Beer Brothers, 1125 Northampton St.
• Beer Depot II, 102 Bushkill St.
• Bottom Dollar Food, 2431 Butler St.
• C-Town, St. John and Line streets
• Express Mini-Market, 1041 Butler St.
• Exxon (Ike's 25th Street) 201 S. Wood St.
• Fresh Halal Meat and Deli, 1538 Butler St.
• Goin' Postal, 2430 Butler St.
• Hall's Grocery, 39 N. 7th St.
• Insterstate Market, 480 Industrial Dr.
• Joe's Market, 235 Northampton St.
• K-Mart, 320 S. 25th St.
• Kelly's Korner Market, 710 Line St.
• King Mart, 154 W. St. Joseph St.
• Noto's Deli, 930 Northampton St.
• One Stop Mart, 1723 Butler St.
• Ram Grocery, 393 W. Berwick St.
• Smokin' Lane, 2437 Butler St.
• Square One Markets, 1503 Northampton St. and 158-160 S. 3rd St.
• Sun Supreme, 2 S. 13th St.
• Turkey Hill, 55 Morgan Hill Rd.
• WaWa, 225 Cattell St. and 310 Larry Holmes Drive.
• Wilson Deli, 2400 Freemansburg Ave.
• Yonk's Mart, 1000 Ferry St.

To find other Powerball vendors in your area, plug an address or ZIP code into the Pennsylvania Lottery website's retailer-locator application.

Here's How to Play Powerball, according to the PA Lottery:

1. Visit your PA Lottery retailer and pick up a Powerball Lottery playslip. Each game is $2. For an additional dollar, you can select the Powerball Power Play® option.
2. Play up to five panels on your Powerball playslip. On each game panel, select five numbers from 1 to 59 in the top grid, and select one number from 1 to 35 in the bottom grid – that’s your Powerball number! Or, select the quick pick option to have your numbers randomly selected by the computer.
3. Be sure to check your Powerball ticket as soon as you receive it to verify that the information is correct and legible.