Perhaps this time will probably be totally different. (Or possibly not.) The drawing for the $607-million Mega Tens of millions jackpot is Friday, and the drawings for the $443-million Powerball jackpot and the $14-million SuperLotto Plus jackpot are each Saturday.
The percentages of profitable are sometimes greater than 300 million to 1 — however nonetheless folks proceed to line up for his or her likelihood to dream. And so they can dream massive with the whole winnings for all three video games topping the $1-billion mark.
There have been no winners within the Mega Tens of millions sport since two jackpot tickets had been bought in December, in line with the California Lottery. The sport is performed throughout 45 states, however each profitable tickets had been offered at a Chevron fuel station in Encino.
“Whereas that is extremely uncommon and attention-grabbing, it’s not exceptional,” California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker mentioned on the time.
Final 12 months, 10 tickets had been Mega Tens of millions jackpot winners. To date this 12 months, no ticket has had all six numbers. For simply the eighth time in Mega Tens of millions historical past, the jackpot handed $600 million after no one matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing.
Powerball, which can also be performed throughout a number of states, has made a number of Californians richer. The highest three profitable tickets within the sport’s historical past had been bought in California, in line with the Multi-State Lottery Assn. Three winners — from California, Florida and Tennessee — cut up a $1.5-billion jackpot in 2016. Then in October 2023, a profitable ticket scored a $1.7-billion jackpot, and a month later one other ticket offered in California received $2 billion.
Then there may be California’s personal Tremendous Lotto Plus, which didn’t see any winners drawn Wednesday. There have been 5 tickets offered that matched 5 profitable numbers, which netted these winners $6,500 apiece, officers mentioned.
Though the lottery is much less of a numbers sport and extra about luck, contributors ought to take note an essential determine: 41 million. As in, the chances of matching all 5 Tremendous Lotto Plus numbers plus the Mega quantity are 41 million to 1.
A portion of the cash generated from lottery tickets bought in California present funding for public schooling.
