ATLANTA — The Mega Millions jackpot is now the largest in U.S. lottery history.
Georgia Lottery officials say the jackpot reached $500 million on Wednesday. It has rolled 18 times since Marcia Adams of College Park won $72 million in the Jan. 24 drawing.
A winner could get $19.2 million a year for 26 years or a single payment worth $359 million. The next drawing is at 11 p.m. Friday.
Previously, the largest jackpot was $390 million, won by two players in Georgia and New Jersey in March 2007.
Holy Ben Franklins, Batman!
Buy a ticket, or not. Either way, your odds of winning are virtually the same.
Haha
I don’t anyone has ever won without a ticket but good to see the liberal mind at work.
$19.2 million for 26 yrs….Id almost feel like a overpaid NY Yankee….hang on, I would be, LOL
^ sounds like a typical Red Sux fan!
No. Those New York Yankees earned their money. (See 2011 World Series and others) It’s what they’re paid to do. Of course they could have drunk beer and eaten chicken. Who was paid more for less?
I thought of buying a ticket.
Then I came to my senses,
Why give a Millionaire another dollar.
It won’t be long before someone makes the connection with the yearly payout of this lottery winning and someone’s yearly pay who is running for president and is trying to connect with us “little people.” That has been the only way I have ever been able to “grasp” what $20 million a year would look like.
7 come 11 down in the boys gym…
Didn’t playing the NCAA office pool tell you anything of your odds of winning? If not then this is just a tax for the stupid.