The dream is alive again: Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing is worth a jaw-dropping $1.3 billion, one of the largest jackpots in history. Across the country, gas stations and corner stores are buzzing as hopeful players line up to buy their tickets, each person daring to imagine what life might look like with a billion dollars in the bank. But here’s the sobering truth: the odds of hitting the jackpot are just 1 in 292.2 million.