$114 Million MEGA Millions Jackpot Up for Grabs.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. has come and gone, but pick the winning numbers to the $114 million MEGA Millions Mega Millions is a multi-state US$1 lottery game in the United States. Twelve U.S. states currently license Mega Millions as a provider of multistate lotteries in those states (29 states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands license Powerball, Mega Millions' main jackpot, the 2nd largest jackpot in the world, and you could be back on holiday before you know it, permanently. What kind of holiday could a $114 million jackpot buy? For starters, the winner could become only the 5th space tourist in the world, blasting off to the final frontier for $20 million. The price tag includes a six-month training course and a ride aboard the Soyuz Russian Rocket to the International Space Station. After deep space, the lucky player could also consider exploring another exotic realm closer to home: the abyss of the deep ocean. Mini-subs called Mir One and Mir Two used by James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award winning Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. to film the Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. wreck WRECK, mar. law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law. are only $20 million each. Slightly larger than a cube van, each Mir can take three people to 20,000 feet under the ocean and work at that depth for eight hours. The winner could commission both the deep space and deep sea expedition and still have change left over to live in the lap of luxury Noun 1. lap of luxury - in conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury" ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" for many years to come. The $114 million MEGA Millions jackpot is currently the world's 2nd largest lottery prize and the 6th largest in California Lottery history. Since California joined MEGA Millions in 2005, four MEGA Millions jackpots have been won by Californians for a total of $472 million. Lottery winners are not the only ones who benefit. Public education receives at least 34 cents of every dollar players spend on Lottery products. The California Lottery contributed a record $1.28 billion to public education in 2005-06 out of historic sales of $3.58 billion, the sixth year in a row the Lottery has provided more than $1 billion in supplemental funding for education. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $18 billion to California schools. MEGA Millions can be played at approximately 18,500 retail business establishments around California. The MEGA Millions draw takes place each Tuesday and Friday night at 8:00 p.m. Players may purchase tickets until 7:45 p.m. on the night of the draw. For additional information on the California State Lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. , access www.calottery.com. |
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