Powerball jackpot to reach $400 million Has anyone ever told you you’re one in a million? How about one in 292.2 million? Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2016/01/05/powerball-jackpot-reach-400-million/78308562/ In this file photo, Marcus Mitchell of York City purchases several lottery tickets at Bob’s West End News, 639 W. Market St. According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, those are the approximate odds of winning Wednesday’s jumbo Powerball jackpot, estimated to be at least $400 million. To compare, the odds of being struck by lightning is about one in 750,000, while the odds of getting canonized as a saint are about 20 million to one.