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Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six participating states, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in a statewide referendum in favor of a state lottery. The first ticket was sold on September 20, 1988. All profits from Virginia Lottery ticket sales go to K-12 public education, as required by Virginia's constitution.
CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland 's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [ 75] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij ( State Lottery) in May 2013.
A person buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a store on July 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions is now $1.1 billion, the second-largest jackpot in game history.
Bundoc, who’s serving in the U.S. Navy, had been keeping an eye on the growing jackpot as it swelled to a historic high. The odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.99, according to ...
June 27, 2020. (2020-06-27) (aged 72) Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [ 1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was ...
Most U.S. pick-5 games now have a progressive jackpot, even in games that are drawn daily; in unusual cases, a single ticket has won a cash prize in excess of $1 million cash. A common top prize in non-jackpot pick-5 games is $100,000(In the lists below, games with a jackpot do not have a minimum jackpot listed.).
A lottery player checked his ticket before work — and got a big surprise. Keith Carr, a mechanic from Virginia, said he couldn’t believe his luck when he discovered he won $309,312.