She said her "concern with lottery is really more people who are buying it every day or two or three times a week" as opposed to those who purchase one ticket as the jackpot nears $1 billion. Lia Nower, a professor and the director of the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University, said the lottery has historically acted as a regressive tax on the poor, meaning the people that can least afford to lose their money buy the most tickets. And there hasn't been a Mega Millions jackpot winner since April 18. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion Powerball last November.īut the last time someone won the Powerball jackpot was April 19 for a $252.6 million prize. Their abysmal odds - 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball - are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. Yet the games have raised concerns among some experts. SEE ALSO: Powerball winning numbers drawing results in no winner lottery jackpot at $875M Ticket buyers have a chance at either $875 million paid out in yearly increments or a $441.9 million one-time lump sum before taxes. Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing has grown to an estimated $875 million - the third-highest. Mega Millions winning numbers The winning numbers for Fridays drawing are 12-32-49-51-66 the MegaBall was 21. The $560 million jackpot, with a cash option of $281.1 million, is the seventh-highest in Mega Millions history. The numbers are in for the Friday, April 7th Mega Millions lottery jackpot drawing, worth an estimated 441 million with a cash option of 238.8 million. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - The winning Mega Millions numbers have been drawn for the $560 million jackpot on Friday night. The winning Mega Millions numbers have been drawn for the $560 million jackpot on Friday night.
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