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CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [81] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
In the United States, a sweepstake is a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. [1] Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. [2] In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the anti-lottery laws). [3]
The film The Winning Ticket (1935) is about a winning sweepstakes ticket that a baby hides and the drama of trying to find it. In Agatha Christie 's novel, Death in the Clouds (1935), one of the characters, Jane Grey, a hairdresser, has won £100 in the Sweeps, so allowing her to be on the Paris–London flight on which the novel's action begins.
Mega Millions has announced the winner of its massive jackpot prize for Tuesday, shortly after unveiling the winning numbers. The numbers announced were 13, 19, 20, 32 and 33, with the Megaplier ...
The goal is to match 5 correct numbers out of 50 plus another 2 supplementary numbers out of another 12; [9] the odds of winning the jackpot are 1:140,000,000. [2] [3] There are 12 tiers of prizes for Eurojackpot. [2] [10] The lottery draw takes place every Tuesday at 21:15 and Friday at 21:00 local time in Helsinki.
In case you're wondering, the winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Saturday, June 1 were 28-38-52-54-68 and the Powerball was 8. Power Play was 2x. Tickets start at $2 a piece.
Jeffrey Dampier, a lottery winner, was found murdered in his truck in 2005. In 1996, he won the Illinois lottery to the tune of $20 million and decided to move his whole family to Florida.
EuroMillions [a] is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot, which consists of 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Star Numbers. It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France 's Française des Jeux , Spain 's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom 's Allwyn .