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States, participating in the drawing now and in the future

States of alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah do not currently host lotteries in their territories due to legislation or constitutional mandate. Puerto Rico hosts lottery draws on its territory, however does not participate in the Mega Millions lottery and, according to data received in October 2013 of the year, does not plan to join the draw. 14 Martha 2013 of the year Wyoming became 44 staff, who established the lottery, however, tickets are not sold on its territory.

Five facts from the history of Megamillions

The Magemillions lottery has a lot of fun, и вот 5 самых ярких из них:

1. За время существования лотереи было продано 29 billion 410 million tickets.
2. Самым счастливым из них оказался билет, which brought to its owner 326 million dollars. Билет был куплен в Нью-Йорке в апреле 2014 of the year.
3. Самым богатым на крупные выигрыши в лотерею Мегамиллионы был 2015 год — тогда было сорвано 8 jackpots, три из которых превышали 200 million dollars.
4. When in 2005 году к штатам — участникам лотереи присоединилась Калифорния, организаторы устроили праздник — провели розыгрыш в Голливуде, пригласив быть ведущими Глен Бернс и Кэрри Андервуд.
5. 2009, 2011, 2012 годы известны в истории лотереи Мегамиллионы тем, that the winners were the participants, who bought tickets online. Но самое интересное не это, а то, что все они выигрывали одну и ту же сумму — по 250 000 долларов каждый. Один из победителей отличался некоторым скептицизмом, но билеты изредка приобретал. One of them, купленный за считанные часы до розыгрыша, и принес игроку приличную сумму денег.

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$414 million - 18 Martha

Jackpot c $414 million was ripped off 18 Martha 2014 couple from Florida (Raymond Moyer and Robin Collier) and a player from Maryland. Moyer and Collier become the first Mega Million winners in Florida history (lottery tickets in this state began to be sold a year earlier).

Ms Collier told reporters, about that moment, when she found out about her victory. She watched the print run on TV, and the drawn numbers seemed familiar to her. She stopped the video and ran for a ticket.

“When I realized, that all numbers matched, I started jumping on the couch for joy, and then I called Raymond and told him, what we won "!

The couple were shocked by the victory. Really understand, that they won the jackpot, they became only after, how the store was shown on TV, in which they bought a lucky ticket. "Yes, it was definitely a shock, but this is an incredible gift of fate, which will allow us to do a lot, which we couldn't before winning ".

As for the second winner, he chose to remain anonymous, but shared some important advice with lottery fans: “You have to play, to win. Play with your lucky numbers ".

$648 million - 17 December 2013

Mega Millions are back in the spotlight at the end 2013 of the year with a jackpot in $648 million. It was won 2 ticket, each of which brought the winner half the amount - $324 million.

Ira Kerry from Georgia

First winner was 56-year-old Ira Kerry from Atlanta, Georgia. She made a winning combination (8-14-17-20-39/07) from relatives' birthdays.

About that, that she won the lottery, Ira learned from her daughter, who heard the results of the Mega Millions circulation on the radio. She chose to receive the winnings in one payment and ended up funding her bank account $173,8 million.

Steve Tran of California

The second half of the jackpot $648 went to a resident of San Jose, California, Steve Tran. He bought a lucky ticket while on family vacation, So, that he didn't check the results right away. He only checked the numbers after, as I heard on the news, that one of the winners lives in his city. When he saw, that the numbers on his ticket matched the numbers of the drawing, he hugged his wife first, and then sent the following message to my boss: "I apologize, Chief, I won the jackpot. I think, that i won't come to work today, tomorrow, or ever ".

Mega Millions jackpot - the growth of Mega Millions jackpots

American lottery Mega Millions is one of the world's most popular lottery games. The biggest jackpots are won in this lottery, and it fuels the imagination of the players and inspires them to play. The minimum jackpot in Mega Millions is $15 million. There are no limits for jackpot growth, what does that mean, what, if none of the players wins the jackpot, it is carried over to the next draw, etc, until someone hits the jackpot!

The biggest Mega Millions win in history was $536 million, it was won by a player from Indiana.

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$656 million won on March 30th 2012

The drawing on March 30th 2012 created not only the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever seen but also the second-largest jackpot in the world. The grand prize was worth an incredible $656 million and was the result of 19 draws without a top-tier winner. In the draw, three ticket holders from Maryland, Illinois and Kansas matched all six numbers to share the jackpot.

The winners were named as Merle and Patricia Butler from Red Bud, Illinois and three work colleagues dubbed ‘The Three Amigos’ from Milford Mill, Maryland. The third winner was from Kansas but, as winners in that state have the option to remain anonymous, they were never formally identified. Each winner received $218.6 million before taxes.