It's safe to say that at least one person is going to win the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot tonight. Here are some updates on the drawing that you need to know.

Powerball Jackpot Reaches A Re222cord $550 Million
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The projections show more than one billion tickets will be sold by tonight. That means there's about a 97% chance at least one of them will have the winning combination.

There are only five states where you can legally stay anonymous if you win the Powerball: Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, or Ohio.

In other states, you might be able to keep yourself anonymous, but it would take some very complicated procedures setting up blind trusts inside of blind trusts. You should probably contact a good tax attorney if you win and want privacy.

Read more at FiveThirtyEight.

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