Originally posted by dragg:
2 strike gold so far in $566m lottery
Mar 08, 2007
The Straits Times
NEW YORK - THE world's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of US$370
million (S$566 million) has been won in the United States.
At least two punters struck gold after the winning numbers for the
Mega Millions top prize were announced on Tuesday night here.
The numbers were 16, 22, 29, 39, 42 and the Mega Ball was 20.
Ohio Lottery spokesman Mardele Cohen said one winning ticket each
had been sold in New Jersey and Georgia, and there could be others
in California.
The prize had rolled over 15 times without a winner, with the most
recent draw last Friday promising a relatively modest US$267
million.
But snowballing sales of tickets ramped up the jackpot and in turn
sparked further interest in the draw. The one-in-176-million chance
of picking the winning six numbers apparently did not put people
off.
Reports said one million tickets were sold in a single hour on
Tuesday in New York, one of the 12 states where Mega Millions is
available.
Each ticket costs US$1 (S$1.55).
Whoever holds a winning ticket will also inherit a
multi-million-dollar federal tax bill and will have to pay further
state taxes.
The previous record lottery jackpot was US$365 million.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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hmm, how many numbers they have? 1~50? 1 in 176 million chance
is a fuggin hard
i think sg 1~45, chance of winning is 1 in 8 mil??
