| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #20139 |
| 1 | The Powerball lottery jackpot is up to 550 million dollars. Will you buy a ticket, or have you already bought a ticket, for tonight's drawing? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Yes | 57% | 56% | 59% | 58% | 56% | 66% | 45% | 57% | 58% | 54% | 90% | 60% | ** | 61% | 54% | 52% |
| No | 40% | 41% | 39% | 37% | 40% | 34% | 54% | 39% | 42% | 43% | 8% | 40% | ** | 33% | 46% | 48% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | ** | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 18% | 54% | 46% | 81% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 2 | Do you always play the Powerball, no matter what the jackpot is? Do you only play if the jackpot is at least 25 million? At least 50 million? At least 75 million? At least 100 million? Does it have to be higher than that? Or do you never play, no matter what the jackpot is? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Always Play | 9% | 9% | 9% | 1% | 5% | 16% | 16% | 3% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 7% | ** | 10% | 7% | 11% |
| 25 Million Jackpot | 13% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 2% | 42% | ** | 10% | 17% | 16% |
| 50 Million Jackpot | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 0% | ** | 2% | 7% | 4% |
| 75 Million Jackpot | 5% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 0% | ** | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| 100 Million Jackpot | 14% | 16% | 13% | 19% | 14% | 15% | 6% | 17% | 11% | 15% | 2% | 20% | ** | 17% | 9% | 19% |
| Higher | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 0% | ** | 13% | 8% | 8% |
| Never Play | 42% | 42% | 42% | 47% | 43% | 30% | 52% | 45% | 39% | 43% | 34% | 31% | ** | 39% | 47% | 40% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 25% | 0% | ** | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 18% | 54% | 46% | 81% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 3 | If you won, what would you do first? Buy a new home? Quit your job? Travel? Invest the money? Give money to friends and family? Give money to charity? Or something else? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | ||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Buy a New Home | 11% | 6% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 14% | 7% | 10% | 28% | 11% | ** | 9% | 14% | 7% |
| Quit Your Job | 11% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 10% | 14% | 3% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 30% | ** | 10% | 9% | 18% |
| Travel | 8% | 5% | 10% | 14% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 0% | ** | 6% | 12% | 2% |
| Invest | 17% | 20% | 13% | 21% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 11% | ** | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| Give Money To Friends And Family | 23% | 20% | 26% | 16% | 19% | 25% | 37% | 18% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 10% | ** | 28% | 17% | 24% |
| Give Money To Charity | 14% | 19% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 12% | ** | 16% | 12% | 15% |
| Something Else | 9% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 11% | ** | 9% | 11% | 4% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 15% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 1% | 15% | ** | 6% | 8% | 15% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 18% | 54% | 46% | 81% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 50% | 36% | 14% |