Tonight, some LUCKY American may

win the Powerball Lottery. The cost of a ticket in Virginia is $2. The grand prize is currently over $900,000,000.00 (minus taxes). The payments will be broken out into 29 equal annual payments for the rest of the winner's lifetime. Should the winner die before the 29th payment the money will go their heirs if any. Of course if they die without any heirs then it goes to their state.

So if you are single, fear not. People will be lining up to marry you so they can become your heir. Use caution however because some of those new friends wishing to marry you may also have a boyfriend or girlfriend who will happily kill you so their secret love can inherit the money.

Now some people do not wish to wait 29 years before getting all the money due them. For them there is a cash out option. The person utilizing the Cash Out option will get one check (minus taxes) of $558,000,000.00.

The odds of being the winner are one in several billion. Often there is no Grand Prize winner so the money just grows and grows. Next week if there is no winner tonight the Jackpot will be at least $1,300,000,000.00

In terms of risk vs. potential reward a $2 ticket tonight is a pretty small risk to take for almost a Billion dollars in reward. Tickets are only sold in America.

Needless to say if you win in all but six states your name and picture will be made public and your life will instantly change.

The drawing will be in an hour. If any of you reading this win, please give me a hundred thousand dollars. Thank you.