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Bertha Gorecki was not happy with the guy at the Hoosier Lottery scanner at the Griffith Casey was making Monday afternoon.
After purchasing $ 40 worth of both Mega Millions and Powerball tickets, the Merrillville is a little something for the investment. And the sales associate confirmed the she had.
But that did not stop Gorecki from upping her purchase for Tuesday 's Mega Millions and Wednesday' s Powerball drawings. This time, she bought a few dollars, and she was pretty upbeat about her odds of winning banana.
"I'd say at least 50 percent shot," she said, even though the Mega Millions website lists odds of winning at more than 300 million.
Lottery players will have a chance to win an estimated $ 1.6 trillion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. That total would be the largest jackpot lottery in U.S. history – and it could still grow.
And if Gorecki does not win the big cash in the Mega Millions game, there's always the estimated $ 620 million Jackpot Powerpot to capture Wednesday. She would not say no to that.
"Something's a little better than nothing," she said.
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At the BP gas station at 1501 N. Calumet Ave. in Valparaiso, a steady stream of rich customers, who said they would gladly share with others.
Jessie Sethi, the owner of the store, adding its customers back-to-back Hoosier Lottery tickets with large payouts. The store sold a $ 25.2 million ticket a year ago and a $ 7.7 million ticket in February.
When the Mega Millions jackpot hit $ 1.6 trillion last week, Sethi said, folks came scurrying into things then slowed down the weekend, picking back up on Monday.
"(Tuesday) I'm sure it's going to be crazy," she said, adding the store.
Fred Hofmann said he usually buys lottery tickets at couple times a week. The retired ArcelorMittal Machinist said he usually wins less than $ 20 and cashes out rather than turn around and reinvest in more tickets.
The resident Valparaiso said he was not sure what he'd do with $ 1.6 billion beyond paying off his bills and setting his two adult sounds up financially. He also was not sure if he would take a lump sum or regular payments.
"I do not know. I will not be outliving all the money but it's worth $ 50 million in a year and I can not spend that much in a year. I do not know what I'd do. I've never had to make that kind of decision before, "he said.
For a chunk of the money, Hofmann said he'd "spend it foolishly," but then he paused.
"You see these people on TV buying multimillion-dollar homes for two people but what else can you do with it?" He said.
"Give it away before it ruins me," said Rene Michael without missing a beat. The Valparaiso Resident and Scrub Nurse at Porter Hospital stopped for a couple of tickets.
"I laugh because we do not think $ 1 million is good enough anymore," she said of past jackpots.
Like Hofmann, Michael said she would set her up, and then she'd set $ 450 million aside in a separate account.
"That would be all for charities, nothing but charities. Nobody needs that kind of money, "she said.
Between customers, Mega Million, there is a limit to the number of customers who will receive it.
"For $ 10 million and over, we only get $ 100,000. There is a cap in Indiana. If it's less than that, we get 1 percent, "she said, adding she was not scoffing at the payout because it's" probably enough for it being crazy here. "
The last time of the multistate lotteries reached stratospheric levels was 2016, when Powerball reached $ 1.6 trillion. That takes in California, Florida and Tennessee.
Indiana also received a big winner in 2016, when a $ 536 million Mega Millions hit about 50 miles east of Indianapolis.at at Speedway Gas Station in Cambridge City,
Michelle L. Quinn and Amy Lavalley are freelance reporters for the Post-Tribune.
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