Why Are There So Many Big Lottery Jackpots?

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BING NEWS:
  • Powerball player misses $124 million jackpot in Washington — but still wins big
    The Powerball jackpot has not been hit since Dec. 7, when a New York player won the $256 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
    12/26/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
  • Man wins big in lottery before going Christmas shopping. ‘The most happy experience’
    Estuardo Gomez Diaz saw he won a $10,000 lottery prize while Christmas shopping. Iowa Lottery A Mega Millions player went to check his ticket before going Christmas shopping — and he realized he won a huge prize. “It was the most happy experience of my ...
    12/25/2024 - 6:47 pm | View Link
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  • $825 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for Friday
    Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $825 million with a cash value of $382.2 million.
    12/20/2024 - 5:00 am | View Website
  • Lotto draw details | Results | The National Lottery
    *Lotto and EuroMillions jackpots are estimated. Σ Each European Millionaire Maker Prize is €1,000,000 which, for UK winners, will be converted to Sterling and topped up by Allwyn from the UK Millionaire Maker Reserve Fund so that the total prize awarded is £1,000,000.
    12/19/2024 - 4:14 pm | View Website
  • Biggest Ohio lottery prizes 2024
    Monopoly 200X saw another big winner just weeks apart. According to the Ohio Lottery, a Monopoly 200X scratch-off sold on March 6 was worth $2.5 million! The winner was sold at UDF #154 in Cincinnati.
    12/19/2024 - 4:47 am | View Website
  • Mega Millions | USA Mega
    Mega Millions is one of the two biggest United States multi-state lottery games. The other major multi-state lottery game in the United States is Powerball . You can play Mega Millions in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands; a total of 47 jurisdictions.
    12/19/2024 - 12:22 am | View Website
  • Mega Millions Jackpot Analysis | USA Mega
    The initial state withholding taxes are based on published guidance from each state lottery and the final state tax rates are from state government publications. All annuity amounts shown are the average amounts a jackpot winner would receive.
    12/18/2024 - 9:09 pm | View Website
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