A total of 28 people may be cashing in on a lottery jackpot, ABC News reported.
Advertisement
For Wednesday night’s drawing, it will be at least $1.4 billion dollars.
While there was no big victor in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, one lucky MA resident won a million dollars.
The $1.3 billion is without doubt the largest lottery money ever up for grabs in North America, Spain’s latest elG6ordo lottery, or “The Fat One”, had a prize pool of $2.4 billion prize.
Dominguez claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Clive on Monday.
The executive director of the Texas Lottery trumpeted the big jackpot over the weekend, but urged those hoping to hit it big not to spend more than they can afford.
Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
And the jackpot could grow even more before Wednesday’s drawing if ticket sales remain intense.
Despite the fixing scandal, the highly regulated games are on the level, lottery officials insist.
From there, the second-place prize is for those who get all five of the numbers on the white balls but just don’t get the final Powerball number.
“It’s just surprising that so many people bought tickets and nobody won”, said a Powerball player, Debbie Moran.
Some people resisted the Powerball frenzy sweeping CT and others are buying tickets and picking numbers for the first time in a while. The victor would have the option to take an immediate lump sum of $806 million or to receive annual payments over the next 30 years. “We’re very concerned about people playing responsibly and not overspending”, Gary Grief said.
But this all largely misses the more important fact: The chances of winning are incredibly remote, so it makes little difference whether you’d have to share the money.
Some say it’s unbelievable no one has won yet. But far from hiding the change, the organization trumpeted it as part of an effort to build larger jackpots while also giving away more prizes of $2 million or less. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
“Biggest jackpot in the history of the world”.
Advertisement
Be Civil – It’s OK to have a difference in opinion but there’s no need to be a jerk.
