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The winning numbers for the drawing on Friday, Nov. 3 were 15-32-38-47-65 and the Mega Ball was 12. The Megaplier was 4x. ... Florida Lottery says its scratch-off tickets and Fast Play game prizes ...
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.
Drawings are held three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, at the Florida Lottery's headquarters in Tallahassee. [1] [2] The winning numbers are made up of five "white balls" from a matrix of 69 and one "Powerball" from a matrix of 26, resulting in jackpot odds of 1 in 292,201,338 per play. [3]
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.
Anybody win? There's a Florida surprise as Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, hits top 10 largest jackpots of all time at $563 million.
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.
Winners must be claimed within 180 days of the announced end-of-game date. [44] [45] Scratchers range in price from $1 to $30. A $20 scratcher, "$5 Million Jackpot", was introduced September 25, 2013. To commemorate the Lottery's 30th anniversary, on August 24, 2015, a $30 Scratcher "California Lottery 30th Anniversary" was launched.
The game cam be played for $2, $5, or $10, with the top prize of each being 20%, 50%, and 100% of the jackpot, respectively. If a top prize is claimed, the jackpot is reduced accordingly and then, respectively, $10,000, $25,000, or $50,000 is added back in to ensure a minimum jackpot of $50,000 at any time.