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On May 18, 2013, the world's largest one-ticket jackpot at the time, an annuity of approximately $590.5 million ($772 million today), was won by a Powerball ticket sold in Zephyrhills, Florida. [65] On June 5, Florida Lottery officials announced the winner who purchased the "quick pick" ticket at a Publix supermarket. [66]
On January 5, 2018, Shane Missler of Port Richey, Florida became the winner of the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot. The 20-year-old had purchased 5 Quick Pick tickets at a local 7-Eleven.
Abraham Shakespeare. Abraham Lee Shakespeare (April 24, 1966 – c. April 7, 2009) was a casual laborer from the US who won a $30 million lottery jackpot in Florida, receiving $17 million in 2006. In 2009, his family declared him missing, and in January 2010 his body was found buried under a concrete slab in the backyard of an acquaintance.
More commonly, the prize fund will be a fixed percentage of the receipts. A popular form of this is the "50–50" draw, where the organizers promise that the prize will be 50% of the revenue. [citation needed] Many recent lotteries allow purchasers to select the numbers on the lottery ticket, resulting in the possibility of multiple winners.
At $1.4 billion, the Powerball jackpot on the line Saturday night is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize, due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing and, of ...
In addition, players can choose a Bulls-Eye wager for each draw, hoping to hit the 1 number out of the 20 numbers drawn that is selected as the bulls-eye number. Drawings occur every day and every four minutes from 6:00 am until 2:00 am. Lottery retailers have monitors that display Hot Spot drawings and recent results from other Lottery games. [27]
Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [ 6] Position. Salary. Speaker of the House of Representatives. $223,500. Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives. $193,400. President pro tempore of the Senate. $193,400.
It was the largest ever division one prize, in Australia's history. No one won the $100 million jackpot on 12 September 2019, thus it went up to $150 million on the 19th. It was shared by three winners, winning $50 million each. No one won the $150 million jackpot on 25 January 2024, thus it has now jackpotted to a record Australian Division 1 ...