Washington Lottery: Washington jackpot at record highTomorrow's Washington State Lottery Lotto Plus game is at a record high of $33 million.
The highest jackpot paid out under the Jackpot Plus game was in July 2002, when two people divided a $30 million jackpot.
The lottery payout record was in October 2000 under the Lotto game, the predecessor to Lotto Plus, with a jackpot of $32 million, which three winners shared.
"(Ticket) sales go up dramatically with a big jackpot," said Eric Jones, Lottery spokesman.
Lottery officials expect $1.75 million worth of tickets, or 1.75 million tickets, will be sold when all is tallied from yesterday morning to 7:45 p.m. tomorrow, when ticket sales end.
The odds of winning the Lotto Plus are 1 in 11 million, Jones said.
