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Originally Posted by Requiem
At this point, you could purchase tickets with each of the 292.2 million possible combinations and still come out ahead. 
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The first five numbers are chosen from 69 balls, numbered 1-69. The sixth number, or
Powerball number is chosen from 26 balls numbered 1-26. The number of potential combinations to win the total prize is:
69*68*67*66*65*26 = 35,064,160,560
Tickets cost $2.00. In order to purchase tickets with every combination of possible outcomes, it would cost $70,128,321,120.