The greatest lottery jackpots of all time
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US lottery participant has received $1.58 billion (£1.18 billion) in one of many largest hauls of all time.
The unnamed participant purchased the ticket in a Florida grocery store and won the rollover jackpot in opposition to odds of 1 in 300 million. Players within the Mega Millions sport choose 5 numbers that have to be matched in opposition to a gold “mega ball”.
“It’s entertaining for our players and all of us to see the Mega Millions jackpot roll to what looks like an all-time game record,” a spokesman mentioned.
The identification of the winner can be stored quiet for 90 days and might then be discovered by the press.
Here are a number of the greatest lottery wins of all time.
The National Lottery
/ PA ArchiveGreatest jackpot in a nationwide lottery
US citizen Edwin Castro was the only real winner of the record-breaking $2.05 billion (£1.79 billion) California Lottery jackpot in November 2022.
However, he selected to obtain £872 million all of sudden slightly than the total quantity over 29 years – and this was earlier than taxes had been taken under consideration. Mr Castro’s win broke the $1.58 billion (£1.09 billion) file beforehand held.
Highest quantity received in Europe
A 90-player syndicate based mostly in Italy received the nationwide SuperEnalotto jackpot of €371 million in February. Each winner took dwelling about €4 million (£3.4 million).
The determine is greater than the Europe-wide EuroMillions jackpot file.
EuroMillions file
The jackpot of €230 million (£195 million) was received by a British participant in July 2022, essentially the most ever received within the UK.
For context, pop stars Adele is price £150 million and Tom Jones £180 million.
The British participant has stayed nameless.
British National Lottery file
Surprisingly, the file haul within the British National Lottery dates again to 1996 when £42 million was shared between three gamers.