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Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever ...
Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six participating states, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in a statewide referendum in favor of a state lottery. The first ticket was sold on September 20, 1988. All profits from Virginia Lottery ticket sales go to K-12 public education, as required by Virginia's constitution.
The winning numbers for the June 18 drawing were 1, 20, 24, 26 and 35, and the odds of matching all five numbers are 1-in-749,398, according to the release. Alexandria is about 10 miles south of ...
The winning numbers were 27-35-41-56-60, and the Powerball number was 16. Only five tickets in the country matched the numbers on all five white balls, and only three won the $2 million prize ...
A lottery player scored a huge jackpot prize — and couldn’t contain her emotions. “I couldn’t believe it was real,” Michaeline Davis told the Virginia Lottery. “And then I burst into ...
Kr. 215 million (€22 million, US$30 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in Sweden 's Lotto of Svenska Spel, won on 27 March 2010. [77] €19.1 million (US$21.8 million) was the largest jackpot and largest single-ticket jackpot in Ireland 's Lotto, won on 15 January 2022. €12.2 million (US$15.7 million) was the largest jackpot in ...
Miguel Garcia scratched his Virginia lottery ticket and thought he won $800. He was happy with that, he told the Virginia Lottery officials. But when officials took a look at his ticket, they told ...