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In 2000, the name was changed to SuperLotto Plus. Its starting jackpot is $7 million (annuitized); a cash option is available for jackpot winners. SuperLotto Plus players choose five numbers from 1 through 47, and one Mega Ball number from 1 through 27. While the cash option usually is chosen, the SuperLotto Plus annuity is graduated.
On February 19, 1986, Super Lotto 6/44 was added and was drawn Wednesdays; it replaced the 6/40 Wednesday drawings. On April 25, 1987, the 6/44 added Saturdays, replacing the 6/40 altogether. Players of the 6/44 paid $1 per game; its jackpots began at $5 million. The base jackpot was reduced to $3 million when twice-a-week draws resumed.
The Dec. 2, 2024 Powerball jackpot is expected to be $224 million, which carries a $106 million cash value. Powerball numbers for Nov. 30, 2024 The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 4, 24 ...
€120.0 million (US$126.8 million) was the largest jackpot in the Eurojackpot history, won on 6 December, 2024 by two tickets in Germany. €371.1 million (US$394.6 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Italy 's SuperEnalotto lottery, won on 16 February 2023.
Here is the list of 2024 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com: $1.13 billion — March 26; New Jersey . $560 million — June 4; Illinois .
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Some U.S. lotteries also offer a smaller "mega-number" game. For example, California offers SuperLotto Plus, where the first five numbers are drawn from a set of 47 white balls; its Mega number is drawn from a set of 27 purple balls by a second machine. Pennsylvania once offered a jackpot game where the order drawn did matter.
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing their own national (state) lottery.