BULGING JACKPOT PROMOTES MANIA FOR LOTTO TICKETS.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer With a jackpot topping $60 million, California 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. fever is hitting hard, with offices across the state organizing pools, and all dreaming of what they'll do if they win. The fever surely struck Cheryl Stephens, an assistant underwriter underwriter n. a company or person which/who underwrites an insurance policy, issue of corporate securities, business, or project. (See: underwrite) UNDERWRITER, insurances. One who signs a policy of insurance, by which he becomes an insurer. in Woodland Hills, who was buying Super Lotto tickets Tuesday with a co-worker at a Chevron station next to her office. The two women bought tickets based on lucky numbers from a fortune cookie fortune cookie - (WAITS, via the Unix "fortune" program) A quotation, item of trivia, joke, or maxim selected at random from a collection (the "cookie file") and printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. There was a fortune program on TOPS-20. . Would she quit her job if she wins? ``Definitely,'' she said, laughing. ``Maybe I'd do something I'd really like to do, like opening a boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. .'' The live drawing will be conducted at 7:58 tonight, and will be broadcast live on KCAL-TV (Channel 9). The amount, which will continue growing until 7:45 p.m., is the highest current jackpot in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the eighth-highest in California history. Someone who opts for the single-payout option, rather than 26 annual payments, would get about $30 million before taxes, said lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston. That probably would be about $21 million after taxes, she said. About $32 million will be contributed toward public education from this lottery. |
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