Becoming a billionaire with a lottery ticket is possible on the other side of the Atlantic.
Since Sunday, March 24, the two main American lotteries, Powerball and Mega Millions, have made it possible to win a total of 1.9 billion dollars, or 1.75 billion euros, reports The Guardian.
During the draws which took place this weekend, no player found the right numbers to win the jackpot, which was therefore logically put back into play. The sums at stake are estimated at 800 million dollars for the Powerball, while the Mega Millions jackpot is $1.1 billion, specifies a press release from the latter posted online this Saturday.
35 draws without winning the jackpot
Regarding the Powerball, this is the sixth largest win ever put into play, recalled the lottery in a press release published this Sunday.
The jackpot was last won on January 1, by a player who validated his ticket in Michigan.
He then won $842.4 million (779 million euros).
Since then, 35 draws have taken place and no player has validated the 5 correct white numbers and the correct number on the red ball, the famous “Powerball”.
Despite figures that are dizzying, the winnings put into play are not yet up to the standards of the genre: the Powerball alone had posted a winnings of 2.04 billion dollars (1.88 billion euros ) in November 2022 and 1.765 billion dollars (1.632 billion euros) in October 2023.
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On the Mega Millions side, this is the fifth highest potential win in history, with a record won in August 2023, to the tune of 1.602 billion dollars, or 1.48 billion euros.