Win Powerball Tickets with Andie Summers Ticket Tag

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Powerball is up to 925 million for Saturday night’s drawing. Why wouldn't you want to win free tickets? That's a free chance to win nearly a BILLION DOLLARS!!! 

Here's how we chose the numbers:

For $2 per ticket, you select 5 numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls. And then one more number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball.

Drawings happen every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 ET. To watch the drawings, click HERE.

The jackpot grows until a ticket wins by matching all 5 white balls and 1 red ball (Powerball).

If you're lucky enough to win, you can choose to receive your price as an annuity - which is paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump sum.

If you’re like me and would love to win, but would also love to maintain your anonymity, I have good news for you. As the Powerball jackpot grows, Pennsylvania hopes to protect the state's lottery winners.

There is a law in the Pennsylvania House right now that would give Pennsylvania lottery winners the option to remain anonymous. It passed the Senate unanimously.

According to ABC27, one state representative is all for the bill. Senator Lisa Baker said she has a friend who hit the lottery (literally) and, while the money was nice, it was not a great experience.  Baker said her friend felt harassed and even stalked. What's worse? The winner's grandparents were contacted by someone who tried to scam them, saying the winner owed them money. 

In the event it doesn’t pass, did you know that in Pennsylvania, you can create a trust to collect your winnings and it can keep your name out of the process? It's true. But a lot of people don't know, many don't think they need it, and some just don't have the means to make it happen. The Pennsylvania Lottery likes the current arrangement because, basically, they believe seeing a winner is good for business. 

It does make it more exciting to play when you can put a face and name to a jackpot winner. We’re all curious to see what they do with the money. But would you not play if you only knew there was a winning ticket and not who it belonged to? I think you would. And I think, if you win, you and your family would really appreciate your anonymity if you choose to keep it. 

The Mega Millions multi-state lottery gives you a chance to win millions of dollars a couple times a week. If you want to boost your chance of winning, read on. We have some great tips that include:

Of course, that enormous prize comes with incredibly tiny odds. But, let's face it. Life is expensive and it is not getting any cheaper. Whether you are single, in a relationship, have kids or not, you hate to throw money out the window. But seeing it come in that window is oh, so nice. The information below is data shared by both Powerball-MegaMillions and Mega Millions.

The Megaplier is a way for your to increase your winnings by a certain percent. Before each drawing, a Megaplier ball is drawn. If your numbers don't hit the jackpot but do match enough to win you some money, and you've upped the ante by buying the Megaplier, your winnings will increase 2, 3, 4, or 5 times what they would be if you didn't buck up for the Megaplier.

The odds of winning any Mega Millions Lottery prize are 1 in 24.

I always thought you were just out of luck, but according to Mega Millions, the 29-year annuity will continue to be paid to your estate until it is completely paid off.

The Mega Millions winner is chosen by randomly selecting five white balls with numbers from one to 70 and a “Mega Ball” with numbers from one to 25.

A lot of people use their lucky numbers or a date they like when playing, but you may want to be more strategic. According to U.S.A Mega, the five numbers that have come up most in Mega Millions drawings over the last seven years are 14 (drawn 52 times), 17 (51 times), 10 and 31 and 38 (all drawn 38 times).

The most common Mega Ball was 22 (drawn 32 times), followed by 11 (28 times), 9 (26 times), and 10 and 18 and 24 (all drawn 36 times).

The least commonly drawn numbers are 49 and 57 (both drawn 25 times) and the least common Mega Ball is 8 (drawn 16 times).

Don't forget that if other people pick the same numbers as you, you’ll have to share that jackpot. People are more likely to pick a “lucky” number like seven, or a number between one and 31 to represent a birthday. Avoiding those numbers does give you a very slightly improved chance of scoring the prize alone, so statistically speaking, it’s better to go with uncommon numbers.

The best way to increase your odds of winning is to buy more tickets. If you have a one in 300-million chance of winning, buying a second ticket doubles those odds to two in 300-million. But remember, that even if you spend a million dollars buying Mega Millions tickets, the odds would still be strongly against you.