Here are three updates on tonight’s Powerball drawing . . .
1. It’s safe to say at least one person is going to win. The projections show more than one billion tickets will be sold by tonight. That means there’s about a 97% chance at least one of them will have the winning combination.
2. There are only five states where you can legally stay anonymous if you win the Powerball . . . Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, or Ohio.
In other states, you might be able to keep yourself anonymous . . . but it would take some very complicated procedures setting up blind trusts inside of blind trusts. You should probably contact a good tax attorney if you win and want privacy.
3. Have you seen a Powerball billboard advertising the jackpot as $999 million? It’s happening all over the country. The signs weren’t built to handle jackpots in the billions, since no one ever expected one . . . so that’s why they’re maxing out.