Unaweza Kutajrika na Powerball Sasa Jackpit ni Dola $900 Milioni!!!

POWERBALL JACKPOT INCREASED TO $900 MILLION

Top prize in Saturday night’s drawing is largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history

BRAINTREE, MA (SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016) – The Powerball jackpot for tonight’s drawing has been increased for the third time in as many days and now stands at an estimated $900 million. The cash option on the prize is now an estimated $558 million.

Last hit on November 4, 2015, this jackpot has been growing for 18 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner.  The $900 million jackpot eclipses the previous U.S. lottery record of $656 million that was split by three winners in the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012.  Powerball’s highest-ever jackpot had been $590.5 million, won on May 18, 2013.

Powerball tickets are $2 each and can be played in 44 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets for tonight’s drawing can be purchased until 9:45 p.m. this evening at any Massachusetts Lottery retailer in the state. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. EST in Tallahassee, Florida.

Powerball drawings are available locally via the Lottery’s website – masslottery.com, and can also be viewed on the Lottery’s official Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts.

Mega Millions Jackpot sasa ni $640 Milioni

UPDATE 3/31/12 - Ticketi Tatu zimeshinda. Kila moja atapata $213 Milioni.  Tiketi hizo zimeuzwa katika majimbo ya Maryland,. Illinois na Kansas.

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Watu wamekuwa vichaa na hata matajiri wananunua tiketi!  Hata matajiri wananue tiketi! Wametangaza sasa hivi kuwa  MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT ya leo jioni ni $640 Milioni! Ikifika jioni nadhani itakuwa $700 Milioni! Haijawahi kutokea katika historia ya dunia jackpot kuwa kubwa hivyo! Na kama hakuna mshindi leo, JACKPOT ya Jumanne itakuwa dola Bilioni moja!

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Chance of Winning Mega Millions:

The odds are against you. You are 19 times as likely to be struck by lightning twice, 33 times as likely to be killed in the next year by bees and 40 times as likely to be dealt five blackjacks in a row as you are to win Mega Millions.


By the numbers, you have a 1 in 175,711,536 chance of picking the winning numbers and scoring a record $540-million jackpot.

Put another way: If you buy 50 tickets a week, you will win the jackpot every 68,000 years.

Mimi sijali nitanunua hiyo tiketi!

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Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $640 million


By Alli Knothe and Peter Schworm, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff

Tonight’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot has grown to an estimated $640 million, according to the Massachusetts Lottery.

The jackpot had already broken the record Thursday for the largest lottery prize in history.

The new estimate, which was $100 million higher than Thursday’s, was announced this morning after officials from participating states spoke with each other and assessed the volume of ticket sales. Paul Sternburg, executive director of the Massachusetts Lottery, said the estimate was conservative and could rise even higher after all the ticket sales are tallied tonight.

Over the past three days, nearly $9 million in tickets have been sold in Massachusetts. As of noon, the total for the day was approaching $3 million. But the busiest time was expected to be between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sternburg said. “The sales figures are flying,” he said.

He estimated that the day’s sales could eventually total $10 to $15 million. Tickets for the game are $1.