I am intrigued by the recent Powerball activity. Powerball lottery tickets were selling 130,000 per minute in the US the hours before last night’s drawing. This amounts to players buying 7.8 million tickets per hour, spending $15.6 million per hour in hopes of winning the second largest Powerball jackpot of $579.9 million. Powerball officials estimate that 90% of the tickets sold were quick picks, which means the computer picked the numbers instead of the player. One ticket costs $2.00 and the odds of winning are one in 175 million.
This morning, officials confirmed that two winning tickets were sold, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. If the tickets represent two individuals and they choose the cash option, they would split $379.8 million. An additional 8,924,123 players won smaller prizes. "There were 58 winners of $1 million and there were eight winners of $2 million. So a total of $74 million," said Chuck Strutt, Director of the Multi-State Lottery Association.
Previous winners of large jackpots have come forward after they have secured a lawyer, financial planner and any other profession that will help them move forward in their now very different life. It is impossible for their lives not to change outwardly and nearly impossible for them not to change inwardly. Even the 58 winners of $1 million and eight winners of $2 million who will not be named or viewed by a national audience will have different lives.
The Bible talks about becoming immediately wealthy.
Proverbs 20:21
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
will not be blessed at the end.
What if the same volume of spending were done for a humanitarian cause? What if people in the US gave $15.6 million per hour in $2.00 contributions towards reducing poverty, hunger, and sickness in our world? There would be a lot more real winners.
This morning, officials confirmed that two winning tickets were sold, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. If the tickets represent two individuals and they choose the cash option, they would split $379.8 million. An additional 8,924,123 players won smaller prizes. "There were 58 winners of $1 million and there were eight winners of $2 million. So a total of $74 million," said Chuck Strutt, Director of the Multi-State Lottery Association.
Previous winners of large jackpots have come forward after they have secured a lawyer, financial planner and any other profession that will help them move forward in their now very different life. It is impossible for their lives not to change outwardly and nearly impossible for them not to change inwardly. Even the 58 winners of $1 million and eight winners of $2 million who will not be named or viewed by a national audience will have different lives.
The Bible talks about becoming immediately wealthy.
Proverbs 20:21
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
will not be blessed at the end.
What if the same volume of spending were done for a humanitarian cause? What if people in the US gave $15.6 million per hour in $2.00 contributions towards reducing poverty, hunger, and sickness in our world? There would be a lot more real winners.
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