Now is the time to pool the money at the office if you're going for the huge Powerball jackpot tonight. It's a quarter of a billion dollars, which might mean you don't have to go into debt buying chocolate and jewelry for Valentine's Day.
With a Mega Millions jackpot so huge, you might have hoped that 15 winners would share that insane amount of money, but it turns out one winner gets $540 million after Friday's drawing. And the winning ticket didn't come from Texas.
But here's why that's a good thing.
Last week's record setting $1.5 BILLION Powerball Jackpot produced 3 grand prize winners in California, Tennessee, and Florida. Even though nobody matched all six numbers in Texas, several millionaires were produced in the Lone Star State.
The Powerball Jackpot has reached historic heights. As of Friday morning, a record $700 million will be up for grabs with Saturday night's drawing, and that number is expected to rise.