Now that the Powerball jackpot is over the $1 Billion mark will you but tickets for the Labor Day drawing? The Powerball lottery has not be won in 40 drawings. Tickets are only a few miles away on the line at Flora-Bama Liquor and Lotto or one of the many locations further into Florida.

Tickets are $2 and sold in 45 states. The odds of winning may be slim but if you do select the winning numbers you could opt-in for the one time payout of $498 million, before taxes. Then you could visit Orange Beach Boat Sales and pick out something new to ride all those recently gained friends around the bay.

So what were the biggest Powerball lottery jackpots of all time?

• $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – California
• $1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – California
• $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – California, Florida, Tennessee
• $1.326 billion – April 6, 2024 – Oregon
• $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – California
• $950 million – Aug. 30, 2025 – winner TBD
• $842.4 million – Jan. 1, 2024 – Michigan
• $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – Wisconsin
• $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – Massachusetts
• $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 – Washington

Good luck and we may see you on the line!