Big Game jackpot grows to $220 million

ATLANTA - The seven states involved in the Big Game lottery likely will see a record number of tickets sold for Friday night&#39;s $220 million jackpot -- the second-largest in Big Game history -- but that&#39;s not good news to everybody. <br> <br> Tony Williams, who works the lottery machine at Larry&#39;s Sunoco in Plainsboro, New Jersey, said ``They&#39;re sucking every dollar out of them.&#39;&#39; He said the store is selling about 100 times more tickets a day than usual, including people who pay with handfuls of change. <br> <br> Even Rebecca Paul, president of the Georgia Lottery Corp., warned players about buying too many of the one-dollar tickets. <br> <br> Paul said, ``You have to have a ticket to win, but it only takes on ticket to win. We ask everyone to certainly play responsibly. You can&#39;t truly change your odds, the more tickets you buy.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> That didn&#39;t stop Larry Hickman, who bought $200 worth of tickets at Sheridan Liquors in Peoria, Illinois. He plays the lottery daily and once won $2,000. <br> <br> What are his chances Friday night? <br> <br> He said, ``Hopefully, if I keep praying about it, very good.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Big Game is played in seven states: Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and Virginia. Players pick five different numbers from one to 50 and one Big Money Ball number from one to 36. <br> <br> The odds of winning are one in 76 million.

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