Jackpot has broken the record Thursday's biggest lottery prize in history.
The new estimate, which was $ 100 million higher than on Thursday, it was announced this morning after officials of the States parties talking to each other and to assess the volume of ticket sales. Paul Sternburg, executive director of the Massachusetts lottery, said that estimate was conservative and could grow even more after all of that ticket sales are now considered.
Over the past three days, nearly 9 million tickets were sold in Massachusetts. At noon, a total of the day was about 3 million people. But the busiest time was scheduled for 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Sternburg said. "Sales in the air," he said.
He estimates that sales of the day may eventually total $ 10 to $ 15 million. Tickets for the game of $ 1.
If the winner has not been established today, the jackpot will grow to nearly 975 million US dollars. He said that it would be a problem for the lottery board agencies in other states that do not have enough digits to display the jackpot when he moved to one billion dollars.
He said that he would be surprised if the winner does not today, but "everything is possible."
Winner of drawing today, if any, may elect to receive a lump sum $ 462 million. Otherwise, the price will be paid within 26 years.
Odds of winning the lottery, which is offered in 42 states and the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, are 1 in 176 million dollars.
The draw will take place today at 11:24 pm
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