Powerball jackpot sum increased to 1,4 billion dollars

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The popular powerball jackpot increased to a record 1,4 billion dollar and became the largest in the history of the lottery business, not only in the US, but throughout the world.

“The biggest jackpot in world history. That's absolutely true," Powerball spokesman Gary Grief said.

According to the Associated Press, the jackpot is so large that on billboards in Texas they write that it is 999 million dollars, since the billboards are not designed to display values ​​greater than this number.

As Forum wrote earlier, the last lottery draw took place on Saturday, then there were no winners, although the amount was also a record in US history - more than 900 million dollars. The next rally is scheduled for January 13. Due to the fact that in the previous draw no one won, the jackpot has risen to such a high value, the agency said.

Sales of lottery tickets were also a record. In Texas, from 17.00 to 18.00 local time on Saturday, lottery ticket vendors earned 4,9 a million dollars, that is, they received thousands of dollars more than 1,3 every second.

Last year, as Forum wrote, three people steel owners of the amount in 564 million (for three), and a resident of Michigan alone got right away 300 million dollars.

Most of the lucky winners of jackpots live in the state of Pennsylvania. If you believe the statistics, in 70% of cases won tickets, numbers in which you trusted to choose a computer. Moreover, almost half of the winners managed to spend their winnings for five years.

The Powerball lottery is played in the 44 states, the District of Columbia, the island of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.