After drawings this weekend for each lottery video games failed to supply a profitable ticket, Mega Tens of millions and Powerball continued their regular marches into mend-bendingly giant jackpot numbers.
On Saturday evening, the Powerball jackpot rolled over but once more and now stands at an estimated $800 million, with its subsequent drawing Monday, March 25
Likewise, the Mega Tens of millions drawing on Friday evening failed to supply a winner and the jackpot swelled past the billion-dollar barrier. Solely 5 earlier Mega Tens of millions jackpots have hit that mark.
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Mega Tens of millions: $1.1 billion estimated jackpot, subsequent drawing Tuesday, March 26.
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Powerball: $800 million estimated jackpot, subsequent drawing Monday, March 25.
This yr now has its first billion-dollar-plus jackpot, a mark that has turn into extra widespread in recent times. Powerball had a $1.765 billion jackpot (gained by a single ticket) as just lately as October 2023.
Powerball and Mega Tens of millions tickets are bought for $2 apiece in 45 U.S. states, in addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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To play Mega Tens of millions, decide 5 numbers between 1 and 70, and a sixth quantity between 1 and 25. Should you don’t wish to decide the numbers your self, you may get a set of numbers generated for you.
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To play Powerball, decide 5 numbers between 1 and 69 and a Powerball quantity from 1 to 26 (or have them randomly generated).
How a lot is the Mega Tens of millions jackpot?
The present jackpot is estimated at $1.1 billion.
Winners can choose to take their winnings within the type of an annuity or as a single lump sum, often called the money possibility. The money possibility for the present jackpot is estimated at $525.8 million.
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By taking the annuity possibility, the winner would get the complete jackpot marketed by Mega Tens of millions, however it will be unfold out in funds over 30 years.
Regardless of how fortunate you might be, you gained’t get round paying taxes on a lottery jackpot. After obligatory federal earnings tax withholding, you’d have simply shy of $400 million in case you took the money possibility. How rather more you’d pay come tax time can rely on the place you purchased the ticket — and the place you reside, if that is one other state. To organize, be sure you know the ins and outs of how the lottery works.
When is the following Mega Tens of millions drawing?
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The profitable numbers will probably be drawn Tuesday, March 26 at 11 p.m. Japanese Time.
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If there’s nonetheless no jackpot winner, the grand prize will proceed to develop.
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The percentages of profitable the jackpot are roughly 1 in 303 million.
How a lot is the following Powerball jackpot?
The present jackpot is estimated at $800 million.
Like Mega Tens of millions, winners of Powerball can select between an annuity that pays out over 30 years or a single lump sum. The money possibility for the present jackpot is $384.8 million. After obligatory federal taxes, the holder of a single profitable ticket would preserve about $292.5 million, minus any state taxes.
When is the following Powerball drawing?
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The profitable numbers will probably be drawn Monday, March 25 at 11 p.m. Japanese Time.
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If there’s nonetheless no jackpot winner, the grand prize will proceed to develop.
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The percentages of profitable the jackpot are roughly 1 in 292 million.
The jackpot isn’t the one technique to win. Each video games have prizes for ticket holders whose chosen numbers match the drawing in quite a lot of combos.
10 largest lottery jackpots
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$2.04 billion (Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.765 billion (Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.586 billion (Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 — three profitable tickets).
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$1.58 billion (Mega Tens of millions, Aug. 8, 2023 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.537 billion (Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.348 billion (Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 13, 2023 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.337 billion (Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.1 billion (Mega Tens of millions, pending).
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$1.08 billion (Powerball, July 19, 2023 — one profitable ticket).
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$1.05 billion (Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 22, 2021 — one profitable ticket).