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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.
Most U.S. pick-5 games now have a progressive jackpot, even in games that are drawn daily; in unusual cases, a single ticket has won a cash prize in excess of $1 million cash. A common top prize in non-jackpot pick-5 games is $100,000(In the lists below, games with a jackpot do not have a minimum jackpot listed.).
Hot Lotto was a multi-state lottery game administered by the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is best known for operating the Powerball game. Hot Lotto began sales on April 7, 2002; its first drawing was on April 10.
A Powerball lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold in Georgia, according to the July 24 drawing results, and another for $50,000 was sold for Saturday's drawing.
The incorrect numbers were posted on the Iowa Lottery's website about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and it took until 7:15 a.m. before anyone noticed the mistake, took down the numbers and halted payoffs.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online. Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Lottery Country Tickets Date Notes ¥570m Welfare Lottery (Union Lotto) China: 1 12 June 2012 Sold in Beijing [citation needed]; Asia's largest prize (€79.3m, US$87.3m) R$541.9m Mega-Sena Brazil: 5 31 December 2022 Five winners: Sold in Florestal (MG), Arroio do Sal (RS), Santos (SP), São José da Bela Vista (SP) and one ticket online.
A Powerball player in Georgia narrowly missed the $151 million jackpot, but still netted a sizable prize. ... 30, 53, 55, 62 and red Powerball 23, according to the lottery game’s website. The ...