Honestly, You Don’t Even Need To Win The Lottery For A Drop Of Sydney Sweeney

Normally, we talk about big numbers here. Millions. Tens of millions. Hundreds of millions. Heck, sometimes even thousands of millions, which most normal people call “billions,” but it didn’t really fit neatly into our wordsmithing up there.

Anyway, today? Nope. Not a big number. In fact, a relatively small number: $40,000.

Yes, $40,000, which, to be fair, is a “big” number, as in, dropping $40,000 isn’t exactly something the vast majority of Americans can do at any one time, but consider: If you were a lottery winner, say, in Friday night’s Mega Millions (worth an estimated $189 million) or Saturday night’s Powerball (worth an estimated $207 million), $40,000 would be a drop in the bucket. How small a drop? Well, it’s 0.02% of $200 million.

It would be like having $100, and spending — literally — two cents.

Which is why we here at Lottery Geeks are presenting you this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, should you win either lottery this weekend: You can corner the market on Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss, which is a bar of soap from the Dr. Squatch Soap Company that is infused with the bathwater of Sydney Sweeney.

They are making 5,000 bars, they cost $8 a pop, they go on sale June 6, and we find it difficult to believe these bars of soap won’t go up in value. Heck, they’re already being listed for pre-sale on eBay with starting bids at $100. 

Yes. Bars of soap. With Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater in each bar. Our culture is fine. Nothing to see here.

We kind of want one. (Editor’s note: While we normally allow use of the royal “we” here in these columns, this is where we’re drawing the line. This one is all Edelstein.)

Anyway, before anyone decides to sink $40K into this rock-solid investment, first: Win the lottery.

All the lottery numbers

Nobody won Powerball and its estimated $190 million jackpot Wednesday night — numbers 23, 27, 32, 35, 59, and a red Powerball of 11. There were, however, three people who matched all five white balls to take home a $1 million. Two of those tickets were sold in California, the other in Washington.

Lottery Geeks estimates 9.7 million tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing, the 14th in a row without a jackpot winner.

Mega Millions also came up without a winner on Tuesday for its estimated $173 million jackpot — numbers 6, 28, 34, 48, 62 and a gold Mega Ball of 9. Nobody matched all five white balls.

Lottery Geeks estimates 5.2 million tickets were sold for Tuesday’s drawing, which made it 11 straight rollovers since a $112 million jackpot hit in Ohio on April 18.

Tickets for Mega Millions cost $5, while Powerball tickets cost $2, with most states offering the multiplier option for Powerball — which impacts any prize won except the jackpot — for an additional $1. Mega Millions comes with an automatic multiplier for any prize except the jackpot.

Both Powerball and Mega Millions are legal in all states except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Tickets for both draw games are also sold in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Puerto Rico, customers can buy tickets for Powerball, but not for Mega Millions.

All-time biggest jackpots

Here is a list of the all-time top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $1.76 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
3. $1.6 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
4. $1.59 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
5. $1.54 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
6. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
7. $1.34 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
8. $1.33 billion, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
9. $1.22 billion, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California
10. $1.13 billion, Mega Millions, March 26, 2024, won in New Jersey

And here’s the all-time top 10 by lump-sum cash value:

1. $997.6 million, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022, won in California
2. $983.5 million, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee
3. $877.8 million, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, won in South Carolina
4. $794.2 million, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, won in Florida
5. $780.5 million, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, won in Illinois
6. $776.6 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, won in Michigan
7. $774.1 million, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, won in California
8. $723.5 million, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, won in Maine
9. $621 million, Powerball, April 6, 2024, won in Oregon
10. $571.9 million, Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, won in California