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The Mega Millions jackpot inched closer to $1 billion after no one matched all six numbers during Tuesday night's drawing.
The winning numbers were 10, 19, 26, 28, 50, and the Mega Ball of 16. Eleven tickets matched the first five numbers to win at least $1 million. The tickets were sold in Florida, California, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington.
- Mega Moolah boasts a wheel of fortune that incorporates four progressive jackpots: mini, minor, major, and mega. Especially the mega jackpot has produced multiple millionaires in the past. Mega Moolah’s current record dates to 2018, when a fortunate spinner took.
- The four Mega Moolah jackpots are as follows: Mini, Minor, Major, and of course the coveted Mega jackpot. Every time lucky players hit the jackpot, these are reset to 10, 100, 10,000 and 1 million coins respectively and start growing again.
- Mega Millions is one of America's two big jackpot games, and the only one with Match 5 prizes up to $5 million (with the optional Megaplier).
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No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since September, when a player in Wisconsin won $120 million, officials said Wednesday in a statement. It is the longest Mega Millions has gone without a grand prize winner.
The jackpot now stands at $970 million, the third largest prize in the game's history, officials said. The next drawing is Friday.
The winner can choose between the $970 million annuity option, which is awarded over 30 years, or the $716.3 million cash option, which pays an immediate lump sum. Many typically choose the cash option, with about half of lottery winnings going toward tax.
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The odds of winning are 1 in 302,575,360 in the 45 states where the game is played, including Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to Mega Millions officials.
Players have a chance at another big prize. The Powerball drawing is Wednesday night and $730 million is up for grabs.
Lots of video poker players dream of hitting a royal flush. Some of us have even played on and off for, oh, 20 years and have never hit one.
Not bitter. At all.
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One lucky video poker player at Red Rock Resort not only hit a royal, they hit a rare sequential royal flush.
The player’s $5 bet reaped an incredible $217,591.55 jackpot. And the Internet went wild.
The stuff gambler’s dreams are made of. Photo Red Rock Resort.
We shared a photo of the sequential royal on our Twitter account, resulting in more than 130,000 Tweet impressions. This has nothing to do with the story, we just like to show off.
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The sequential royal flush jackpot is remarkable for several reasons.
Spin a bingo on facebook. First, it’s remarkable we didn’t even know this existed.
Apparently, some video poker games require sequential royal flushes appear in order, left to right. The player at Red Rock nailed a “reversible sequential,” reading right to left.
Second, that’s a metric hell-ton of money.
Third, seriously, 20 years. Just saying.
The jackpot was won on a game called Video Poker Deluxe. Note to self.
How rare is a sequential royal flush? Well, the elusive royal flush (where cards can appear in any order) is 1-in-40,000. No small feat, obviously.
The odds of getting a sequential royal are about (wait for it) 2.4 million-to-1.
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Or as we call it in Las Vegas, Saturday.
Defying the odds is what Vegas is all about. Well, that and cleavage. But mostly that first thing.