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For example, the "advertised" second prize in Mega Millions is $1,000,000; but in California the record amount was set for a $3.9 million sold in Hacienda Heights in 2023 as part of the roll for a $1.1 billion jackpot. [31] The second prize pool within California frequently rolls; it is, in effect, a "secondary jackpot".
The lottery player had filed a claim with the state on Dec. 4. The Post has reached out to the California Lottery. Lahijani declined to publicly comment when claiming the first ticket prize in June.
Powerball ticket. After a nearly three-month stretch with no one matching all six numbers, we finally have a winner of the record-setting $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot.
The December 29, 2010, drawing of the multi-state lottery game Hot Lotto featured an advertised top prize of US$16.5 million. [21] On November 9, 2011, Philip Johnston, a resident of Quebec City, Canada, [5] phoned the Iowa Lottery to claim a ticket that had won the jackpot; stating he was too sick to claim the prize in person, he provided a 15-digit code that verified the winning ticket.
Another type of lottery scam is a scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient is instructed to contact an agent very quickly but the scammers are just using a third party company, person, email or names to hide their true identity, in some cases offering extra prizes (such as a 7 Day/6 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation, if the user rings within 4 ...
On average, lottery officials claim it can take six to eight weeks for a winner to be paid out. But it could take longer, as the California State Lottery processes more than 10,000 claims per month.
Make Me a Millionaire is the second television game show of the California Lottery, having replaced The Big Spin on January 17, 2009. Originally contracted for a four-year run, the show was cancelled after eighteen months, with its final episode telecast on August 7, 2010. [1]
After no ticket was sold for Tuesday's jackpot, the top prize has been pushed to $1.28 billion for Friday's drawing, making it the second-largest jackpot in the game's history.