N.Y. lottery jackpot raised to $45 million

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JimmySand9 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:43:08 GMT

That's just fantastic. Wouldn't it be great if it paid 50%? Just imagine, $6 for 3 numbers in NY Lotto. It would be possible with just a 50% payout.

But back to the jackpot, for the odds you can't do much better. After taxes the cash option would be about $15 million, compare that the the odds of about one 1 in 22 million.

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bellyache — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:52:27 GMT

That's not a bad jackpot size. I wonder how high it will get.

N.Y. lottery jackpot raised to $45 million

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:12:00 GMT

Biggest N.Y. Lotto jackpot in a year; third-largest in the world

There was no first prize winner in Saturday night's New York Lotto drawing, causing the jackpot to rollover to $45 million for Wednesday evening's drawing.

The jackpot is currently the third-largest lottery jackpot in the world, and the largest New York Lotto jackpot since a $56 million jackpot was won on July 30, 2005.

The winning Lotto numbers for Saturday, June 24, 2006 were 16-20-30-31-35-45, and the Bonus number was 2... [ More ]