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A ticket bought in Ohio for the June 2, 2010, Powerball drawing became its first potential Powerball jackpot winner; it is the first time a lottery selling either Mega Millions or Powerball (but not both) on January 31, 2010 sold a jackpot-winning ticket for its newer game after the cross-selling expansion date. The ticket was worth $261.6 ...
The Ohio Lottery said a Rolling Cash 5 ticket won an $874,000 jackpot earlier this month, the second-highest jackpot ever recorded for the game. The ticket was purchased at the Nuthouse Saloon at ...
The odds of hitting the Rolling Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 575,757. The odds may sound slim but in August, not one but five Ohio Lottery players were lucky enough to beat those odds all at the same time.
Over time, the size of Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots has generally increased because of higher ticket prices, the larger number of states participating (especially after cross-selling was allowed), and the reduced odds of winning. [4] List of U.S. lottery drawings of $400 million or more (annuity value): [5] [6]
In gambling terminology lottery payouts are the equivalent of RTP (Returns To Players). A lottery operator's gross margin is 100% minus RTP. In the US, large lottery winnings generally are advertised as an annuity amount, paid in 20 or more installments; in most cases, a cash option is available. The cash option in the US can be 40–60% of the ...
The Lottery announced on Jan. 10 that it resumed allowing players to cash in winning tickets for $599, weeks after the agency fell victim to a Dec. 24 "cybersecurity incident" where hackers may ...
Half an hour after the game ended, the Ohio Lottery PICK 4 evening drawing was 4–2–3–9, matching the final score of the game and paying out up to $5,000 per winner, for a total payout of $2.2 million.
With odds of winning at one in 302.6 million, if somebody is lucky enough to match all six numbers they can choose to have their winnings distributed in one of two different ways: as an annuity of ...