ARLINGTON, VA. - Even though Alex Ovechkin makes $10 million a year playing for the Washington Capitals, he can't pass up the chance to try to win the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot.
Fresh off scoring his 500th NHL goal, a photo appeared on social media of Ovechkin buying Powerball tickets in Virginia with his father.
Ovechkin, who plans to get more tickets, says, "It was funny. Who's going to take a picture of me? It's crazy. People are crazy."
The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million, but Ovechkin says he knows the odds are small.