At $220 Million, Tonight's Jackpot Cracks MEGA Millions' Top Ten.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Tonight's MEGA (1) Million (10 to the 6th power). Abbreviated "M". In communications, mega typically refers to 1,000,000. In storage, mega typically refers to 1,048,576. See MB, binary values and space/time. (2) A prefix attached to words that means a very large size or quantity. Millions' jackpot, brought to players by the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. , is not only the current largest jackpot in the country, it has reached the rarified rar·i·fied adj. Variant of rarefied. Adj. 1. rarified - having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" rarefied, rare air of some of the game's largest jackpots ever. At $220 million, it is MEGA Millions' ninth largest jackpot. Last draw, three California tickets came close to claiming the top prize, landing five of the six winning numbers. Those tickets were worth more than $368,000 each. Without a grand prize winner, the jackpot climbed into the MEGA Millions' top ten prizes of all time. Tickets cost only $1. Players can purchase tickets until 7:45 tonight. Players must match five numbers plus the MEGA number Many states have set up lottery games that award a substantial prize, often in the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars to some lucky winner or group of winners. Such games often go by the name of Mega Millions, Hot Lotto, or Powerball. to claim the top prize. Tickets are available at more than 19,000 California Lottery retail locations throughout the state. Players can find authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: retailers by visiting www.calottery.com/locations. Winning numbers are selected at 8 p.m. As jackpots rise, the California Lottery would like to remind players that gambling should be fun. Borrowing money to play, spending above a person's budget or using money intended for other purposes can ultimately lead to significant problems for players and their families. If a player recognizes that they have a gambling problem or if someone knows of someone who may have a problem, the California Lottery recommends calling the Problem Gambling Problem gambling is an urge to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. The term is preferred to compulsive gambling among many professionals, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Help Line at 1-800-GAMBLER. More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985. www.calottery.com |
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