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Tonight's Powerball Drawing Is $343 Million!

(WWJ) Expect lottery machines to be in overdrive ahead of tonight's $343 million dollar Powerball drawing.

Did you buy in yet?


We're not going to ruin yout happy daydreams ... Well, maybe we are. While you're dreaming about your new vacation homes and fancy new kicks, think about this:

The odds of winning the jackpot are about 292-million to one.

Compare that to the odds of...

Dying from an asteroid strike - about 75-million to oneBecoming a movie star - one-point-five million to oneFinding a four-leaf clover - one in ten-thousandGetting food poisoning in any given year- about one in six

Hear the winning numbers tonight on WWJ at eleven p.m. Listen on your radio or tune in HERE on your phone, tablet, desktop, Alexa, Roku or any smart home device. 

And remember, if you beat the 292-million-to-one odds and you want the cash up front option, it'll be about $233 million. Michigan's last Powerball jackpot prize, good for $80 million, was claimed last October by a couple from Suttons Bay, north of Traverse City.