On a lighter note. Lotto mania is sweeping the nation as
millions of Americans take to their nearest convenience
store with $2 in a dream. Lighter is good right no
Lot of, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's talk about what you do
with all that money. The powerball jackpot closing i
on $900 billion 900 billion million million, 900
million, almost a billion. Thank you for catching that.
There's a writer strike here. Mega millions is closer
to $600 million. Yeah. Yeah. The lotto fever has
grabbed much of the nation. Even our resident lotte
skeptic Jay Reberg who joins us, live from just outside
of Atlanta at a lot of hotspot has to say Jay are
people coming in and out all morning. They have been.
And if it gets up to 900 billion, you may even get m
jumping on board. I tell you what to get the exact
numbers. 875 billion or million Now you got it stuck
in my head for the powerball. That's tomorrow
560 million for the mega millions. Bottom line. Two
massive jackpots. There's only seven times in history
has the mega millions gone past 550 million. Just last
November, we had the largest powerball ever at over $2
billion. And this current 1, 875 million is the third
largest. So there is a lot of money at stake. And I was
talking with Eddie here who works at the quick trip in
the Atlanta area that I'm at. And he tells me that
people have been coming in, that business is picking up
so many lottery tickets and some people they will buy
like 2030 lottery tickets at a time hoping to get in on
this and change their life in a heartbeat. Of course,
with that, some skepticism because of the fact that
your odds are so, so minuscule check some of these o
you actually have better odds of dying in a plane crash
than winning the lottery jackpot being struck by
lightning twice, hitting a Holm one being killed by a
shark. All of that better odds than winning one of
these jackpot lotteries, which are right around one in
300 million. So, don't get your hopes up too much as
far as the people that are playing. They're just happy
to have their chance at making some money. I spoke to
Tyler on his way to work every now and then $2 could
increase your chances of benefiting your future. So why
not You know, you won't win if you don't try. That's
true. Do you get like a rush whenever you play No, I
don't keep my hopes up. You keep your hopes up. You,
you end up being disappointed. So, just keep you
fingers crossed and forget about it until the time
comes. And here's a few other numbers to throw at you.
$100 billion. That's how much Americans spend every
year on lotteries. It is big business. And if you're
lower income, you actually tend to spend more as a
percentage of your income than high income earners.
It's when the jackpots get this big that it gets
everybody on board this craze. Guys. I actually heard a
stat, I actually heard a statistic that it's not just
more likely that you'll die in a plane crash. It's
actually more likely that you'll survive a plane crash
also than win the lottery. Wow. You think a plane goes
down Yeah. And you're more likely to survive a plane
crash as well. But like he said, can I get away with
one more metaphor Can I get one more metaphor One of
the largest stadiums in the world is in North Korea
capacity of 150,000. You would have to take that two
capacity and then multiply it by around 2001 out of all
of that to win the powerball jackpot. There's a Ja
someone's got to win, someone's got to win this thing.
Maybe Tyler. I hope it is Tyler. I liked his attitude.
Yeah, that's true. Loki. Loki. Yeah, he did. Yeah.
Sober. Sober. That's the way to do it. All right, Jay.
Thank you and wishing you luck as well.