Sunday, May 5, 2013

Jackpot Jumping: American and Australian Lotteries Top theBig List

US Powerball and US Mega Millions are leading theBig in the first two spots while the Australian Powerball is closing in at the #3 slot. If these heavy-hitting lotteries jump again, how high will they go?

The high jump was one of the first sports included in modern Olympic Games when they began in 1896, and Americans excelled in high jump right out the door! Americans won the first eight Olympic high jump championships, and it turns out that this propensity for the high jump carries over into American lotteries as well! American Powerball and Mega Millions compete each week for the top ranking on theBig list, leap frogging one over the other with millions of dollars in play.

The Powerball lottery, which is now at a colossal US$ 191 million jackpot, has not seen a winner for the whole of April. The lotto's last prize jump was a stunning US$ 26 million, rising from US$ 165 million after no winner was made on Wednesday to its current jackpot of US$ 191 million for the Saturday night draw – a generous jump worth a small fortune.

Mega Millions' last leap catapulted the jackpot to a staggering $126 million! After Tuesday’s draw failed to make a jackpot winner, Mega Millions' $114 million top prize leapt $12 million (about 8,253.92 oz in gold) into an even bigger prize! This world record holding lotto is comparable to Jessie Williams, the American high jump Olympian and current Indoor Championship record holder. [...]

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