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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.
The New York Lottery is the state-operated lottery in the US state of New York that began in 1967. As part of the New York State Gaming Commission , [ 1 ] it provides revenue for public education and is based in Schenectady .
2 (CA, NY) NY winner chose annuity (the cash/annuity choice made "when playing" required per then-NY Lottery rules) $208.3 $330 August 31, 2007 4 (NJ, MD, TX, VA) $197.5 $326 November 4, 2014 1 Sold in Middletown, Orange County [69] $202.9 $319 March 25, 2011 1 $180 $363 May 9, 2000 2 (IL, MI) Largest The Big Game jackpot
Cash4Life logo. Cash4Life is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery drawing game; as of April 2021, it is offered by ten state lotteries and is drawn nightly.Ticket sales began on June 13, 2014, in New York and New Jersey; the first drawing took place three days later.
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 next estimated grand prize is a gargantuan $1.15 billion, with a cash option of $516.1 million, lottery officials said. It would be the fifth biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever if someone wins.
Accompanying the lottery is the betting game, an illegal form of lottery among the people, which uses the results of the jackpot of the legal traditional lottery as the prize-winning results. In Hanoi, the "agent" system of the betting game has developed along with traditional lottery stores and iced tea stalls, operating quite openly. [ 46 ]
These lotteries were quite sophisticated for the time period and even included instant winners. [3] Not long after, each of the 13 original colonies established a lottery system to raise revenue. [3] In the early post-independence era, legislators commonly authorized lotteries to fund schools, roads, bridges, and other public works. [4]