Odds vs. Chances: Billion Dollar Mega Millions Jackpot
Often we interchange odds and chances, but KDKA's John Shumway is here to tell you - there is a difference when you buy that lottery ticket!
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Often we interchange odds and chances, but KDKA's John Shumway is here to tell you - there is a difference when you buy that lottery ticket!
The game's expected payout climbed past the $1 billion mark after its last drawing, on Tuesday. The next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m. EDT.
The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only state lottery that designates proceeds to programs for seniors.
No winner once again turns the Mega Millions jackpot to $1.2 billion!
Once again, there was no winner on Tuesday of the Mega Millions jackpot. Now, the winnings reach $1.2 billion. KDKA's Lindsay Ward has more.
The stakes are high and millions and millions of dollars are on the line.
The odds are small, but the right combination could be generational.
It would be the fifth biggest prize in Mega Millions history.
If won during the next drawing on Tuesday, it would be the eighth largest on record.
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A jackpot-winning lottery ticket was sold in Allegheny County.
A New Jersey family returning home from vacation in North Carolina caught a lucky break.
A jackpot-winning lottery ticket worth more than $1.76 million was sold in Allegheny County.
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