Win Powerball This Weekend, Use Cash To Gain Naming Rights To This Website

Powerball’s jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is for an estimated $168 million, with a $77.1 million cash value.

We here at Lottery Geeks would like to concentrate on the $77.1 million. Why? Because that’s right around the going rate for getting your name on a building, it would appear.

According to WLTX-19, the University of South Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences is now known as the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences after a $75 million gift from Bonnie and Peter McCausland and The McCausland Foundation. 

According to the report, the $75 million will go toward numerous things, such as expanding research and teaching in neuroscience and brain health, supporting faculty excellence, and providing paid internship stipends for up to 150 liberal arts and sciences students per year.

So that’s nice.

And it’s given us an idea: For the same price — $75 million — we are offering naming rights here at Lottery Geeks. That’s right. Win Powerball, collect $77.1 million in cash, keep $2.1 million for yourself, and give us the $75 million to see your name in lights. So let’s say your last name is Piddlebrook or Middleswallow or Crumplehorn. Or Hinklefuss. You win Powerball, you give us $75 million, and this site will forever be officially known as “Hinklefuss Lottery Geeks.”

Seems like a win-win for all involved.

Unlike Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, which was more of a loss-win, as nobody won the jackpot, but one ticket-buyer in Pennsylvania matched all five white balls to win $1 million.

The numbers Wednesday: 15, 44, 63, 66, 69, and a red Powerball of 20.

Lottery Geeks estimates 8.9 million tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing.

Mega Millions not so mega

Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing (numbers 25, 39, 49, 52, 65, with gold Mega Ball 22) produced no jackpot winner. However, one player from Washington state matched all five white balls with a 2x multiplier, securing a $2 million prize.

The jackpot has climbed to $60 million for Friday night’s drawing, up from Tuesday’s initial $50 million prize. This follows last Friday’s jackpot win when an Ohio customer won the $112 million grand prize using all “birthday” numbers (31 and below) — marking the first jackpot winner since Mega Millions tickets increased to $5.

Approximately 4.3 million tickets were purchased for Tuesday’s drawing, representing the lowest sales volume yet under the new $5 price structure.

Tickets for Mega Millions cost $5, while Powerball tickets cost $2, with most states offering the multiplier option for Powerball — which impacts any prize won except the jackpot — for an additional $1. Mega Millions comes with an automatic multiplier for any prize except the jackpot.

Both Powerball and Mega Millions are legal in all states except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Tickets for both draw games are also sold in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Puerto Rico, customers can buy tickets for Powerball, but not for Mega Millions.

All-time biggest jackpots

Here is a list of the all-time top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $1.76 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
3. $1.6 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
4. $1.59 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
5. $1.54 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
6. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
7. $1.34 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
8. $1.33 billion, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
9. $1.22 billion, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California
10. $1.13 billion, Mega Millions, March 26, 2024, won in New Jersey

And here’s the all-time top 10 by lump-sum cash value:

1. $997.6 million, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $983.5 million, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
3. $877.8 million, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
4. $794.2 million, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
5. $780.5 million, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
6. $776.6 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, won in Michigan
7. $774.1 million, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
8. $723.5 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
9. $621 million, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
10. $571.9 million, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California