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DES MOINES, Iowa AP 鈥?For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math 鈥?and very long odds.But there are some quirks and surprises about the math equations that likely will soon vault someone in stanley cup to stratospheric wealth after the jackpots grew for months without a winner.WHAT ARE THE JACKPOTS The biggest quirk starts with this fact: The advertised $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize 鈥?the worlds l stanley canada argest ever lottery jackpot 鈥?and $620 million Powerball prize arent quite real. That is, those are the amount youd be paid if you chose an annuity, doled out over 29 years. Nearly every winner opts for cash, which is the amount of money the lottery folks actually have in the bank ready to pay out to the company that would fund the annuity.The cash option is still massive, at $904 million for Mega Millions and $354.3 million for Powerball. But those numbers arent splayed across billboards and shown in countless mini marts across America.POTENTIAL COMBINATIONSThe dismal odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot 鈥?1 in stanley canada 302.5 million 鈥?mean there are 302.5 million potential number combinations, or a little less than one combination for each of the 328 million people living in the U.S. For last Fridays drawing, about 59 percent of possible combinations were taken. But by Tuesday nights drawing, officials estimate that 75 percent will be sold.That would mean a 25 percent chance Ydhr A Chinese Lunar Probe Returns to Earth with the World s First Samples from the Far Side of the Moon
Courtesy of Ashiya municipal governmentTomiko Itooka is se stanley quencher en on her 116th birthday in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 23.By Makiko Yanada / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent12:24 JST,ensp;August 23, 2024PARIS 鈥?Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old woman in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, has become the worlds oldest person, following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera of Spain, Guinness World Records said Wednesday.Itooka was born in May 1908 and resides at a nursing home in Ashiya.Branyas Morera, who had been considered the worlds oldest person since January 2023, died at a nursing home in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, on Monday.Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.General News Latest ArticlesFuji Media Holdings Exec Hisashi Hieda Resigns from Committee as ...164 Serious Accidents involving Motorists, Cyclists on Smartphone...Wildfire in Iwate Pref. in Japan Burns About 1,200 Hectares; More...3 Teens Arrested Over Illicit Purchase of Mobile Accounts; Allege...Latest ArticlesThis Year s Fitness Buzzword Is RecoveryTestimony from Ex-Abe Faction: Work toward Settling Political Fun...Record-low Births: Address Low Rate from Comprehensive Perspectiv...Tokyo stanley cup romania Core Consumer Prices Up 2.2锛?in Feb.Popular ArticlesJapans Trade with Russia Continues to Decline Amid Sanctions; U....Japanese Banks Raising Savings Account Interest Rates; Financial ...Japanese Movies Win Pri stanley thermos zes at Berlin FestivalDead Sea Ecological Disaster, but No One Can Agree How to Fix I...Dodgers Roki Sasaki Anno |
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