强力球头奖达到了 12.3 亿美元，因为正如设计的那样，赔率高就意味着损失大。 Powerball jackpot reaches $1.23B as long odds mean lots of losing, just as designed.

由于连续三个月无人中奖，强力球头奖奖金达到 12.3 亿美元，成为美国彩票史上第八大奖金。 Powerball's top prize reaches $1.23B, the 8th largest in US lottery history, due to a winless streak of more than three months without a jackpot winner. 尽管没有人能匹配所有六个号码并一夜暴富，但高额的中奖概率可以创造巨额奖金，吸引人们购买彩票。 The long odds create massive jackpots that entice people to buy tickets, even though no one is expected to match all six numbers and hit it rich. 彩票官员设定了赔率来创造这些巨额头奖。 Lottery officials set the odds to create these large jackpots.