The new jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $720 million, making it the game's fifth highest.
California State Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker, left, and director Alva Johnson speak during a news conference outside the Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023, where the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot, worth an estimated $1.08 billion, was sold. Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold for the Powerball lottery.
If someone picks all five numbers, plus the gold Mega Ball, they will have the option of taking the prize in yearly increments paid over 29 years or a $369.6 million lump sum before . The last time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize was April 18. The jackpot will continue growing until someone wins.Most of the attention had been on Powerball until a winning ticket was drawn this week. Sold at a tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles, it is worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game.
“People buy them for little kids," she said. "So it’s sort of the gateway drug for introduction into gambling. And yet there’s, you know, there’s no responsible gambling program for lottery tickets. There isn’t self-exclusion in states that allow you to purchase them online or limits betting or any of the different strategies that are employed in online casinos or sports wagering.”Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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