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Speak Out: Do You Play the Lottery?
National Powerball Jackpot grows to $320 million for Saturday's drawing.
Saturday's National Powerball Jackpot will be in excess of $320 million, but will you rush out and buy a ticket?
Forty-four states, including South Carolina, offer Powerball. The odds of striking it rich? One in 175 million.
Here are some things more likely than winning the Powerball and becoming an instant millionaire, courtesy of Huffington Post:
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- Picking a perfect NCAA bracket. Odds: 13,460,000 to 1
- Becoming an astronaut. Odds: 12,100,000 to 1
- Becoming president. Odds: 10,000,000 to 1
- Becoming a movie star. Odds: 1,505,000 to 1
- Dying in an asteroid apocalypse. Odds: 12,500 to 1
- Losing an appendage to a chainsaw. Odds: 4,464 to 1
Speak out: Do you play the lottery? Why or why not? Put your thoughts in the comments section below!
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