It is 04:47 GMT and the planet is already laughing. Somewhere between a TikTok livestream from Jakarta and the BBC’s sober pre-dawn bulletin, the American Powerball has coughed up another instant plutocrat—one ticket, sold at a Speedway gas station in—wait for it—Noblesville, Indiana. The jackpot clocked in at a tasteful US $1.326 billion, which, for…
How Much Is a Powerball Ticket? The $2 Passport to Pan-Global Delusion By Our Man in the Departure Lounge The short, almost insultingly straightforward answer is: two dollars, give or take a state-tax rounding error. That’s it—less than a flat white in Melbourne, cheaper than a single ride on the London Tube, and markedly less…
Where to Buy Powerball Tickets: A Globe-Trotting Guide to the World’s Most Expensive Daydream By Dave’s Foreign Correspondent, Still Jet-Lagged and Morally Ambiguous NEW YORK – If you’ve glanced at the headlines lately, you’ll know the Powerball jackpot has swollen to a sum that would make a small nation blush—roughly the GDP of Iceland, minus…
