Better hurry, your riches await:

Powerball jackpot climbs to $455 million for Saturday drawing

An estimated $455 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs on Saturday evening, one of the biggest in the multi-state U.S. lottery’s history, after 19 straight drawings failed to produce a grand prize winner.

The odds of winning Saturday’s drawing, to be held at 10:59 p.m. ET (0259 GMT), are currently 1 in 292 million. A grand prize winner would have the choice of taking the $455 million jackpot doled out over 29 years, or taking a one-time, lump-sum payment of $269.4 million.

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Hmmm… let’s see, $269 divided by 292 is $.92, still less than the cost of a ticket.

Sure, there are smaller winnings that are more numerous, so the expected value of a ticket is a bit higher than $.92, but not much.

The cost of a ticket is $2.

If the jackpot ever gets to a billion dollars, then I’ll buy a ticket.