The last time someone matched all six numbers and claimed the Mega Millions jackpot was back on April 18. Since then, an astonishing 28 consecutive draws have passed without a winner, leading to the jaw-dropping prize money that awaits the fortunate player who manages to crack the winning combination.
The massive prize, if claimed by a sole winner, can be received in the form of annual payments spread over 30 years. However, most jackpot winners typically choose the lump sum option, which for the latest draw would amount to a staggering $472.5 million, Associated Press reported.
Also Read: After no Powerball jackpot winners, prize money jumps to $725 millionMega Millions, a widely popular lottery game, is played in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, adding to the immense excitement surrounding the upcoming draw.
This colossal sum has been steadily amassing over the past few months, a result of a remarkable 31 consecutive draws without a single winner clinching the top prize. Rewind to April 18, the last time someone struck gold and walked away with the coveted jackpot.
Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, has emerged as the winner of Rs 5 crore on TV game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati 6" (KBC).
Sawhney, a home tutor and a resident of Mumbai, couldn't believe she had cracked the jackpot, until the show's host, megastar Amitabh Bachchan hugged her.
"I couldn't believe that I won!Mr. Bachchanhad to come and hug me for me to believe that I have won Rs 5 crore. My husband also had to come and tell me so," she told IANS.
The episode featuring her victory will be aired next week.
Her plan is to donate a part of the money for prayer rituals.
"I want to sponsor some rituals of our Punjabi tradition. So, a part of the amount will go there. We will decide what to do with the rest of it later," added the 37-year-old.
She hails from Chandigarh, but Sawhney has been staying in Mumbai since a few years now. Married to a small-time actor who has done some side roles in Hindi films, Sawhney has two daughters.
"We have rented a place in Mumbai and have been staying here since a few years," she said.
In the last season of KBC, Bihar-based Sushil Kumar had won the mega-prize of Rs 5 crore.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jan 5, 2013--- ENDS ---
The total number of questions varied over the multiple seasons of the show's run. As the number of questions changed, so did the total prize money available. In 2017, KBC introduced a jackpot question. For the Jackpot Question, the contestants were not allowed to use any of the remaining lifelines.
Powerball is an American lottery game. Its officials said that single winning ticket which was sold in Massachusetts, claims $758.7 million (Rs 48,60,21,09,600) jackpot. Well test your math here counting all those digits.
One lucky tourist is surely flying high after winning a staggering jackpot worth over Rs 10.6 crore ($1.3 Million) on a slot machine fit inside an airport. Last week, a tourist hit it big at a Las Vegas airport in Nevada.
The fortunate flyer has not been named as of yet. It all went down when the tourist was trying out their luck on one of the slot machines at the Harry Reid International Airport while waiting for their flight when they quite literally hit the jackpot.
The internet too celebrated the flyer's unexpected win. One joked about how the winner probably had to miss their flight to process the win. While another exclaimed how winning the jackpot is indeed the best way to end or start a trip.
In an extraordinary tale of luck and unity, eleven women sanitation workers from Kerala have hit a jackpot worth Rs 10 crore. These women, part of the Haritha Karma Sena (HKS) in Parappanangadi municipality of Malappuram district, pooled in Rs 250 to buy a lottery ticket, which turned out to be the winning ticket for the monsoon bumper lottery.
The group of women working at a plastic waste segregation unit were engrossed in their daily routine when they received life-changing news. The Kerala Lottery Department announced that these women, who had collectively purchased a lottery ticket worth Rs 250, had won the monsoon jackpot of a staggering Rs 10 crore.
Kaun Banega Crorepati aka KBC - one of the longest running television reality game shows in India hosted by Amitabh Bachchan - is currently airing its 15th season. KBC premiered in July 2000 when the top prize money was Rs 1 crore. For the next two seasons, the top prize money doubled to Rs 2 crore. KBC Season 4 introduced a jackpot question that could win the contestant Rs 5 crore.
Palakkad: The Kerala State Lottery Department has confirmed that four men from Tamil Nadu's Tirupur have won the first prize of the Onam bumper. The four friends shared the amount for the ticket to hit the jackpot worth Rs 25 crore. The lucky winners are reportedly identified as Pandyaraj, Natarajan, Kuppuswami and Ramaswami.
Once the results were in, Mr. Anoop initially thought he had missed the jackpot by a single digit, but a closer scrutiny by his wife Maya proved otherwise. After the news broke, friends and relatives thronged his residence to congratulate him.
All the eleven women who work as sanitation workers in the municipality of Kerela bagged the 10-crore jackpot in the 2023 Monsoon Bumper Lottery held by the state government. The women are municipality workers of Parappanangadi in the Malappuram district of Kerela. They are members of Haritha Karma Sena, a green force of the state for the Kudumbashree Mission which engages its members in door-to-door collection of all kinds of non-biodegradable wastes and segregating them before sending them for processing.
The women were busy with their everyday chores of plastic segregation when the news broke out to them. A woman amongst them all, Radha (49) who chose to buy the lottery ticket and also picked up the ticket through an agent said she couldn't believe it and was in shock. She shared that they checked with multiple people to make sure they actually won the lucky draw and landed the bumper jackpot.
These women also talked about how this lottery jackpot has come to them at the right time as they all come from underprivileged backgrounds with lots of debt and liabilities. They hoped this money would give them relief as the amount will soon be deposited in one of the members ' bank accounts after the reduction of taxes.
Malappuram: Some did not even carry Rs 25 in their purse when they decided to pool money to buy a lottery ticket worth Rs 250 weeks ago. One of them had even borrowed a meager amount from an acquaintance to try her luck. But, the 11 women, members of Haritha Karma Sena, the green army under the Parappanangadi Municipality here, never dreamt of making a windfall that would turn them into crorepati in a stroke.They were announced the winners of the monsoon bumper of whopping Rs 10 crore, by the Kerala lottery Department following a draw held on Wednesday."We have purchased lottery tickets before by pooling money. But this is the first time we have won a mega prize," an elated Radha, who bought the ticket after pooling money from her colleagues, said.Another woman said they were eagerly waiting for the draw but felt sad after someone told them that a ticket sold in neighbouring Palakkad had won the first prize."The excitement and happiness knew no bounds when we finally came to know that we hit the jackpot. All of us are facing harships in life and the money will be a relief to some extent to solve our problems," she said.The women have a tough time making ends meet and the humble salary they draw as members of the Haritha Karma Sena is the only income of their families.googletag.cmd.push(function () googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1539258995955-0"););Haritha Karma Sena is engaged in the collection of non-biodegradable waste from households and establishments, which is sent to shredding units for recycling.Sheeja, the chairman of Haritha Karma Sena consortium at the Municipality, said the lady luck smiled on the most deserving people this time. She said all the winners are very hardworking and the only source of income for their families."Many have debts to pay... Have daughters to marry off... Or have to meet the treatment expenditure of near ones. They are living in very humble households fighting harsh realities of life," she told PTI.A large number of people on Thursday flocked to the municipality godown premises here to meet the bumper lottery winners and congratulate them.TAGSKerala lotteryKerala Lottery Bumper PrizeHaritha Karma SenalotteryLottery ticketgoogletag.cmd.push(function () googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1539257793131-0"););Live Tv
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On winning the 5 crore jackpot
I am on top of the world. There are no words to describe my happiness. Initially, my target was winning `25 to 50 lakh, but when I started playing, my confidence grew.
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I hope to be an inspiration for many other women in the country. At this time, when the country is talking about women empowerment, my advice to all women is to be mentally and physically strong.
They had to go Dutch to buy a lottery ticket and are now laughing all their way to the bank. Eleven women workers belonging to a plastic waste segregation unit of the local municipality here paid less than Rs 25 each to buy a lottery ticket worth Rs 250 and won a jackpot of Rs 10 crore.
One of the winners, Radha, said, "The excitement and happiness knew no bounds when we finally came to know that we hit the jackpot. All of us are facing hardships in life and the money will be a relief to some extent to solve our problems." The women earn salaries between Rs 7,500 and Rs 14,000 as per the nature of their work with Haritha Karma Sena - a green initiative undertaken by the Parappanangadi Municipality.
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