Here’s $100. Can you win $1.5 billion at Powerball?

Jan. 8, 2016 12 PM PT

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338. But someone has to win, right? We decided to put that idea to the test.

This game starts with $100 to play against multiple lottery drawings. Pick your numbers and watch the money disappear. Based on the odds, you’re likely to hit numbers that pay out smaller prizes. This is for educational purposes only, we’re not giving you any money. Oh, and good luck!

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Jon Schleuss

Former graphics and data journalist Jon Schleuss left the Los Angeles Times in December 2019 when he was elected president of the NewsGuild, which represents about 20,000 journalists and other workers in the United States and Canada. Schleuss previously taught journalism students how to code at the University of Southern California. An Arkansas native, he graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2013.

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