Hmm, well you may have something there. For a five number state lotto with an extra 6th "power ball" there are 80,089,128 possible combinations. So if you spent a bit over $80 million you could win. If the powerball jackpot was 120 million, you would make 40 million, Unless of course another person had the winning combo, in which case you would only get 60 Million, or loose 20 million!