If you delay enrolling in Medicare, you can continue to stash cash in a health savings account. But this may not be a good move. By Kimberly LankfordSee my bio, plus links to all my recent stories.
Since tickets cost $2, the prize pool has to be at least ($2 x 175 million = ) $350 million before buying a Powerball ticket is what gamblers call a positive-expectation play â a bet that, statistically, will pay more than $1 for each $1 played.
Powerball tickets are sold from 5 a.m. until 10 p.m. on the days they are drawn (Wed. & Sat.) and until 1 a.m. on all other days. Jumbo Bucks Lotto and Mega Millions tickets are sold from 5 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. on the days they are drawn (Jumbo Bucks Lotto - Mon. & Thurs.; Mega Millions - Tues.