The main prize in a US lottery that will be held on Saturday increased in value on Friday to $1.6 billion, making it, in the opinion of the organisers, the largest sum ever obtained by lottery prizes worldwide.
Week after week, for 39 clouds, no one was able to predict the correct six digits, hence the total for the big prize increased.
The amount was greater than the maximum award available today, and there were an unprecedented number of one lucky pair in 2016.
The amount of money, $586 billion, was referred to as the “Prize of the Century.”
Except for inhabitants of Hawaii and Alaska, who live in five states that are not a Liabrup and where a licence is a licence, many Americans dream of winning this prize but are unable to pursue it because they must be content with chasing clouds or relocate to another state where they may.
The odds of winning the prize were originally set at one rate in 292.
According to data from American health authorities, the likelihood of someone having a thunderbolt is one in over a million, thus we can estimate the population at around 2 million.
The lucky winner will receive $1.6 billion provided he agrees to pay his prize in 30 instalments over a 29-year period.
He will only receive $782,4 million if he chooses to receive his award all at once.
Whatever the formula he chooses, taxes will resolve part of the amount he will win..
An American lottery’s top prize has a value of $ 1.6 billion, setting a new record.
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