Mega Millions Jackpot lottery balls before being released to the machine for the 2013 draw.On Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $ 6 million.On Wednesday, another multi-state lottery, Powerball, will draw an estimated $ 5 million in prizes. (Image: Reuters)
The Mega Millions Jackpot on Tuesday night is worth an estimated $ 6 million.It will easily make it the fourth largest award in the game's nearly 19-year history.Cash options are worth $ 4 million.The final draw was held on Friday with a winning number of 4-4240-3-6-16 and "Megaball" was an unselected combination of 18.
The next night, the Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $ 5 million. In 5000 years of history, only eight more valuable grand prizes have been awarded. Powerball's cash option is $ 29 million. Five people chose Saturday's winning number 8-4-1140-5-14.However, there is nothing comparable to 26 Powerballs, and it won a big prize.
Both jackpots have not been charged since both were last hit in the same week, as similar jackpot amounts show.Mega Millions presented a man in Wisconsin with a $ 9 million cash jackpot ($ 15 million pension) prize on September 9,540.The next day, a winning ticket from New York robbed Powerball of $ 1 million in cash prize ($ 2,000 million pension).
For both game pension plans, the winner receives the first amount and then 29 more annual installments.These payments are 5 percent higher each year.
The jackpot has never been so big at the same time
Is this the week when both jackpots come out?If past trends are some indicator, it is quite possible.
Both games recently reached these levels in October 2018, according to the multi-state lottery. Winning tickets in Iowa and New York on October 10, 2018, distributed $ 10 million in prize money from Powerball.Four days earlier, an anonymous South Carolina individual won the largest Mega Millions award when he earned $ 27 billion.
Wednesday also coincides with the 5th anniversary of Powerball's biggest jackpot.Three tickets, one each from California, Florida and Tennessee, split the pension for approximately $ 1 billion.They each took a cash option.That meant they split $ 3 million among them.
Both jackpots have the opportunity to make even a group of people very wealthy, yet no one is on the same track as the wealthiest individuals in the world.From a point of view, if you win the Mega Millions yourself and choose the cash option, your wealth will be less than a quarter of a percent and he will be his $ 1 billion property of Elon Musk.
Both games have similar concepts that facilitate jackpot growth.In Mega Millions, the player chooses five numbers from 1 to 70, then chooses a "mega ball" with numbers from 5 to 1 from another pool of numbers.In Powerball, the five numbers come from lots numbered 25-5, and "Powerball" comes from separate lots 1-69.
The chances of winning the Grand Prize at Mega Millions are about 3 in 260 million.In the case of Powerball, it is 1 / 2 million.
Both games feature small prizes for choosing the right megaball or powerball.Players who select all five numbers from the first pool of any game will win a prize of $ 5 million.This prize can also be increased if you purchase the multiplier option.That's why he's a Kentucky man who won his $ 100 million in Powerball last month.
Lottery officials encourage responsible play
Before the weekend draw, lottery officials were thrilled to see customers line up to buy tickets.However, they wanted players to stay within reasonable limits and state COVID-19 guidelines.
Gordon Medenica, lead director of Mega Millions and director of the Maryland Lottery and Games, said in a statement on Friday.Especially if you have two big hits for the New Year, we want players to have fun. "We always encourage responsible play, but during these ordeal times it is even more important to wear a mask when buying tickets and maintain social distance."
Some states allow customers to buy lottery tickets online.For Mega Millions, it includes Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Virginia.Check out the local lottery that the state allows to sell online Powerball.
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