![]() With residents showing a steady willingness to shell out their money for a chance to win big, Goldberg has long supported making the Lottery’s offerings available online. ![]() “Because of everyone’s efforts, we are able to meet our mission of providing critical local aid to all 351 communities in the state.” “I am proud of the performance of our team and want to thank our retail partners and our customers as we face mounting challenges in the marketplace,” Goldberg said. The Lottery’s higher actual total could be a boon for cities and towns, which are waiting for state lawmakers to finish work and release funds associated with an annual road and bridge maintenance bill, and to finalize other key local aid accounts in the fiscal 2024 state budget. Based on that lower projection, the fiscal 2023 budget included $1.231 billion in unrestricted general government aid. It is also enough to beat the projected $1 billion in net profit that Goldberg and Lottery officials told state lawmakers they could expect the Lottery to generate for local aid in fiscal 2023. That’s enough to overtake the previous record of $1.112 billion set in fiscal 2021. The 7th highest lottery win the United States was $758.7 million won in Massachusetts in August of 2017 on a Powerball ticket.After accounting for an estimated $4.483 billion in prizes, which bested the previous high of $4.309 billion paid out in fiscal 2022, paying a record high $350 million in commissions and bonuses to retailers, and covering administrative costs that equaled about 2 percent of revenue, the Lottery expects to be left with the record $1.176 billion in net profit. In Monday night’s drawing, nine tickets sold in Massachusetts won $50,000 by matching four out of five numbers plus the Powerball, though none of the stores are in the Central Mass. The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday drawing is an estimated $1.2 billion with a cash option on the prize at an estimated $596.7 million. ![]() Now, Wednesday night offers another opportunity for someone to become a billionaire. Monday's numbers, 13, 19, 36, 39 and 59 (with 13 as the Powerball) were also interesting because each contained either a 3 or a 9 and the multiplier for the game was 3. That drawing, also on Halloween, saw the unlucky number 13 come up twice once in the regular numbers and again as the Powerball. More: Powerball jackpot grows to $1.2 billion after no Halloween drawing winners Meanwhile, choosing the right numbers remains an elusive task for those playing Powerball as that game again went without a grand prize winner. ![]() ![]() One of those tickets was sold at JD's Variety in Fitchburg. State Lottery, 31 people did just that while 10 more matched the numbers in any order. It also seems a bit unlikely to be a number one would intentionally choose to play but those who bravely did so - or were given the number in a quick-pick - could've netted $2,534.Īccording to the Mass. While not quite as unnerving as 666, which in the Book of Revelation is the Number of the Beast, 6666 could also set one's nerves on edge. On the spookiest day of the year, the Massachusetts State Lottery delivered a a scary result in the midday Numbers Game drawing: 6666. ![]()
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