SIMSBURY, Conn. — Winning the lottery is an unrealistic dream that many share. Everyone has their reason why they play, but something along the lines of a better life or more fulfillment from more money seems to consistently be an underlying draw.

“I think I’m going to win, I have the feeling I’m going to win," Wistingky Josephere of Simsbury said. “It’s one billion dollars, so a whole life will change.”

Luck, faith, chance, intuition. A reason to believe. That hope is what brings millions of Americans to play when that pot grows oh so big.

“Everybody that buys a ticket hopes they win," Ron Theriault of Avon said. "I’m hoping that I win.”

Could striking it rich happen twice, at the same convenience store? A $1 million Powerball winner was drawn from the Pride gas station in Simsbury

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