Online Lottery - Facts And Figures
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It is generally believed that Spainish Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad is the world largest lottery. On Christmas 2003 its prize fund approached around $2.2 billion with the first prize of $470 million and the second one of $235 million. However, as every number entered is printed on 170 tickets which are usually sold in fractions (usually tenths), the El Gordo prizes are usually split between the multiple winners. Therefore the winnings single players receive are generally less than in the other popular lotteries and are far from the "winner-take-all" concept popular elsewhere.
Mega Millions reported world largest lottery prize of $390,000,000 hit on the 6th of March 2007 and shared between two payers, one from Georgia and another one from New Jersey.
The largest Powerball jackpot of $315 million was taken by West Virginia native Andrew J. Whittaker on the 25th of December, 2002. However, since he opted for the lump sum, his after-tax prize was around $114 million.
$193 million California Lotto jackpot was shared among three players in February 16, 2002, turning to be the largest in the history of the state lottery game.
$45.8 million appeared to be the largest Lotto jackpot in the Michigan Lottery records, won in 1995 and shared by three winners.
Over $100 million jackpot, the largest in the history of the Florida Lottery, was taken in September 14, 1990 when six tickets holders split a $106.5 million jackpot, each getting $17.75 million.
An estimated $145 million Texas lottery jackpot was hit in June 19, 2004.
Euromillions largest jackpot was taken on the 3rd of February 2006 when three players, two from France and one from Portugal,
