Powerball

The Powerball jackpot tonight is $500 million dollars!! So to make sure she still got her camera time, "Hollywood" Phyllis came into the studio to talk about the 6th largest lottery in U.S history. The odds of winning? One in 292.2 million...

Update (1/6/16): The jackpot has soared up to $500 million for tonight's drawing...so you could buy this stuff AND have plenty to spare! ICYMI, Wednesday night's Powerball lottery jackpot is up to $400 million. Here are some awesome ways you could spend it here in New Jersey:

This is actually becoming a cruel joke!  TWO $1 million lottery tickets were bought in New Jersey over the weekend.  And again, it was not me.

Another $1 Million dollar winning New Jersey Lottery ticket has been sold in the Garden State!  But it wasn't me................

Lottery machines across New Jersey cranked out thousands of tickets for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot with an annuity value of $400 million, but no jackpot-winning tickets were sold in the Garden State.

Lottery machines across New Jersey have been printing tickets all day in anticipation of tonight's Powerball jackpot with an annuity value of $400 million.

The "Ocean's 16" Powerball winners from Ocean County will meet the media at the Ocean County Library in a press conference at 2:30 p.m. you can watch live.

A group of Ocean County employees says they hold one of the winning Powerball tickets but are not ready to go public yet.

A Minnesota project engineer has come forward as 1 of 3 winners of $448 million Powerball jackpot while the two New Jersey winners remain a mystery.

New Jerseyans have purchased over $6 million worth of Powerball tickets today in hopes of winning tonight's jackpot that has an annuity value of $448 million.

There was no winner for Saturday's Powerball drawing so the jackpot will grow to have an annuity value of $400million for the next drawing on Wednesday.

The jackpot for tonight's Powerball drawing has grown to $300 million.